Crossword-Solution: DESERVE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Deserve | v. t. | To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise. |
| Deserve | v. t. | To serve; to treat; to benefit. |
| Deserve | v. i. | To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DESERVE | anagram | DEEVERS, SEVERED |
We have 24 clues for the answer “DESERVE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| merit earn | 1 answer |
| Justify book having new introduction | 1 answer |
| Have an entitlement | 1 answer |
| Earn by service. | 2 answers |
| Be worthy. | 2 answers |
| Qualify for | 3 answers |
| Be entitled | 3 answers |
| Have Coming | 4 answers |
| Be worthy of | 5 answers |
| GAIN by effort | 7 answers |
| BE good | 20 answers |
| Merit ___ | 27 answers |
| Profess | 29 answers |
| Entitled. | 31 answers |
| Earn | 35 answers |
| Warrant officer | 38 answers |
| Justify | 39 answers |
| Assert | 45 answers |
| Rate | 56 answers |
| Claim | 64 answers |
| Worthy | 65 answers |
| Coming | 66 answers |
| Warrant | 70 answers |
| determine | 81 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DESERVE (5)
Just as he was on the point of being eaten, the Crab said, “I well deserve my fate, for what business had I on the land, when by my nature and habits I am only adapted for the sea?” Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.
Would to God that I had; but it is all too late! I deserve to live in torment for this!” He turned to Fanny then.
One of my duties here is to find out all about this League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, which has become a standing menace to France, since it is pledged to help our cursed aristocrats—traitors to their country, and enemies of the people—to escape from the just punishment which they deserve.
Before I could call him off he had crushed Lakor into a jelly with a single blow of one mighty paw, and had literally torn the other thern to ribbons; yet when I spoke to him sharply he cowed sheepishly as though he had done a thing to deserve censure and chastisement.
The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government.
Quotes with DESERVE (3)
We accept the love we think we deserve.
If he’s not calling you, it’s because you are not on his mind. If he creates expectations for you, and then doesn’t follow through on little things, he will do same for big things. Be aware of this and realize that he’s okay with disappointing you. Don’t be with someone who doesn’t do what they say they’re going to do. If he’s choosing not to make a simple effort that would put you at ease and bring harmony to a recurring fight, then he doesn’t respect your feelings and needs…
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, WP, WSJ.
Used 19 times in crossword archives (1954–2023).