praiseworthy

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English praise English -worthy English praiseworthy From praise + -worthy.

1. Meriting praise; worthy of high praise

   “It is a melancholy truth that this same New York, though the most charming, pleasant, polished, and praiseworthy city under the sun, and in a word the bonne bouche of the universe, is most shockingly ill-natured and sarcastic, and wickedly given to all manner of backslidings ; for which we are very sorry, indeed.”

   “No self-complacency can equal that of the selfish. Not content with its indulgence, they actually idolise it into being praiseworthy.”