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deserves

VERB

be entitled to

Synonyms

STRONGEST

earn gain get justify merit warrant win

STRONG

demand procure rate

WEAK

be given one's due be in line for be worthy of get comeuppance get what is coming to one have it coming have the right to lay claim to

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fail forfeit lose miss pass spend

Example Sentences

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Deserves this for everything he has given to England.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

Kasher actually shows up about three-fourths of the way through “The World Deserves My Children.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2022

Adapted from the novel “The Girl Who Deserves to Die” by Bang Jin-ho, the screenwriter Nam Ji-woong’s undercooked script leaves the interpersonal dynamics between Ui-gang and his wife underwritten.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2022

Deserves the nomination for Mark Rylance’s wig alone.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2021

"Here's how. I rather think so, you know. Deserves to be, anyhow. Knows hell's own amount about people. Don't know where he got it all. Owns a chain of sweetshops in the States."

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway