Words that rhyme with deserved

  • approved
    adj 1: established by authority; given authoritative approval; "a list of approved candidates" [syn: approved, sanctioned]
  • beloved
    adj 1: dearly loved [syn: beloved, darling, dear] n 1: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn: beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love]
  • conserved
    adj 1: protected from harm or loss
  • contrived
    adj 1: showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending" 2: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation" [syn: artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted]
  • curved
    adj 1: having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard" [syn: curved, curving] [ant: straight]
  • gloved
    adj 1: having the hands covered with gloves [ant: gloveless]
  • involved
    adj 1: connected by participation or association or use; "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "I don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified" [ant: uninvolved] 2: entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion" [syn: involved, mired] 3: emotionally involved 4: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" [syn: Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous] 5: enveloped; "a castle involved in mist"; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"
  • observed
    adj 1: discovered or determined by scientific observation; "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors"; "the discovered behavior norms"; "discovered differences in achievement"; "no explanation for the observed phenomena" [syn: ascertained, discovered, observed]
  • paved
    adj 1: covered with a firm surface [ant: unpaved]
  • perceived
    adj 1: detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues; "the felt presence of an intruder"; "a sensed presence in the room raised goosebumps on her arms"; "a perceived threat" [syn: sensed, perceived] 2: detected by means of the senses; "a perceived difference in temperature"
  • preserved
    adj 1: prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use [ant: fresh] 2: kept intact or in a particular condition [ant: destroyed]
  • reserved
    adj 1: set aside for the use of a particular person or party [ant: unreserved] 2: marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West [ant: unreserved]
  • saved
    adj 1: rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin; "a saved soul" [ant: lost] 2: guarded from injury or destruction [syn: protected, saved]
  • undeserved
    adj 1: not deserved or earned; "has an undeserved reputation as a coward"
  • unloved
    adj 1: not loved [ant: loved]
  • unmoved
    adj 1: emotionally unmoved; "always appeared completely unmoved and imperturbable" [syn: unmoved(p), unaffected, untouched] [ant: affected, moved(p), stirred, touched] 2: being in the original position; not having been moved; "the archeologists could date the vase because it was in-situ"; "an in-situ investigator" [syn: in-situ, unmoved]
  • unnerved
    adj 1: deprived of courage and strength; "the steeplejack, exhausted and unnerved, couldn't hold on to his dangerous perch much longer"
  • unproved
    adj 1: not proved; "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions" [syn: unproved, unproven] [ant: proved, proven]
  • unrelieved
    adj 1: not lessened or diminished; "unrelieved suffering" [syn: undiminished, unrelieved]
  • unshaved
    adj 1: not shaved [syn: unshaven, unshaved] [ant: shaved, shaven]
  • unsolved
    adj 1: not solved; "many crimes remain unsolved"; "many problems remain unresolved" [syn: unsolved, unresolved] [ant: resolved, solved]
  • believed
  • dived
  • nerved
  • served
  • swerved

See also deserved definition and deserved synonyms