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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