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Worth

To be; to become; to betide; -- now used only in the phrases, woe worth the day, woe worth the man, etc., in which the verb is in the imperative, and the nouns day, man, etc., are in the dative. Woe be to the day, woe be to the man, etc., are equivalent phrases.

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Valuable 84% connected

Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo.

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Valuable 84% connected

Having value or worth; possessing qualities which are useful and esteemed; precious; costly; as, a valuable horse; valuable land; a valuable cargo.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Worthy 84% connected

Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Worthy 84% connected

Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

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Demerit 76% connected

That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fault 76% connected

Defect; want; lack; default.

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Merit 76% connected

The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.

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Pennyworth 76% connected

A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny.

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Price 76% connected

The sum or amount of money at which a thing is valued, or the value which a seller sets on his goods in market; that for which something is bought or…

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Value 76% connected

The property or aggregate properties of a thing by which it is rendered useful or desirable, or the degree of such property or sum of properties; wor…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Virtue 76% connected

Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Worthy 74% connected

Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Worthy 74% connected

Having worth or excellence; possessing merit; valuable; deserving; estimable; excellent; virtuous.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deserving 92% connected

of Deserve

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ineptitude 94% connected

The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Ineptitude 94% connected

The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.

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