worthy

Preposition: of

• praise: We shall work hard to ensure we remain worthy of this praise in years to come.
• mention: There are several places worthy of mention: Rubber Soul: This is a lively bar, bang in the middle of the street.
• preservation: Such designations reflect both visual, historic and cultural qualities which are considered worthy of preservation and enhancement.
• consideration: There are also practical issues here which are worthy of consideration.
• emulation: I do not set up my conduct as worthy of emulation.
• admiration: He's been a terrific servant to his club and to still be producing the goods at his age is worthy of admiration.

Modifying Another Word

eminently: Don't you find yourself eminently worthy of forgiveness?

Infinitive complement

suffer: They were happy to have been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for speaking about Jesus.

Modifies a noun

• successor: They are the more than worthy successors to Churchill's " Few " .
• winner: Chris was the worthy winner of the AAA title.
• recipient: You can nominate yourself or a colleague who you feel to be a worthy recipient!
• opponent: Captain Tennant proved a worthy opponent evading all these attacks.
• sequel: It's a worthy sequel to a frankly brilliant game.
• cause: He is no stranger to doing his bit for a worthy cause.

Used with adjective complement

• deem: Why are even his poorly sung out-takes deemed worthy of commercial release?
• consider: The archive, overall, is still considered worthy of further study.
• seem: In a supposedly chaotic world it provides human beings with something like standards for orientation, and that alone seems worthy of approval.
• think: The EFA trophy was thought worthy of a trial run.
• judge: Here we would observe an oral tradition community as it enters new material into its oral store of recollections judged worthy of preservation.
• feel: The vocals are as cool as can be, the music and feel worthy of a dance around the sunset with your friends.