Antonyms for worthiness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : wur-thee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜr ði


Definition of worthiness

Origin :
  • mid-13c., "having merit," from worth (n.) + -y (2). Old English had weorþful in this sense. Attested from c.1300 as a noun meaning "person of merit" (especially in Nine Worthies, famous men of history and legend: Joshua, David, Judas Maccabæus, Hector, Alexander, Julius Cæsar, Arthur, Charlemagne, Godfrey of Bouillon -- three Jews, three gentiles, three Christians).
  • As in merit : noun advantage
  • As in morality : noun ethics, honesty
  • As in nobility : noun aristocracy; eminence
  • As in virtue : noun honor, integrity
  • As in worth : noun value, estimation associated with something
  • As in caliber : noun capacity; character
  • As in noblesse : noun nobility
  • As in suitableness : noun qualification
  • As in dignity : noun excellence, nobility
  • As in greatness : noun nobleness of character; eminence
Example sentences :
  • To some, obscurity itself is attractive, from the hope that worthiness is the cause of it.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • Any other means to that end than such as should prove his own worthiness, He could not use.
  • Extract from : « Journal of a Residence at Bagdad » by Anthony Groves
  • She had come to the first real trial of her strength and worthiness.
  • Extract from : « The Doctor's Family » by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
  • But worthiness and good deeds are not all only in arrayment.
  • Extract from : « Stories of King Arthur and His Knights » by U. Waldo Cutler
  • And much of the little power and goodness and worthiness that exist in me, I owe to him.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Peter Grimm » by David Belasco
  • According to what you can receive of any beauty, is the measure of your worthiness.
  • Extract from : « Child and Country » by Will Levington Comfort
  • It cannot be worthiness to despise, or wisdom to neglect your mother's opinion.
  • Extract from : « The Young Man's Guide » by William A. Alcott
  • What it is our duty to do by Ramona, in such a matter as this, does not turn on her worthiness or unworthiness.
  • Extract from : « Ramona » by Helen Hunt Jackson
  • I'm not at all sure it isn't his worthiness, just as much as his mother.
  • Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
  • His worthiness they praised, and judged his deeds with tender dread.
  • Extract from : « The Translations of Beowulf » by Chauncey Brewster Tinker

Synonyms for worthiness

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