Close and Deserving

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Close

Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.
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Deserving and close are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deserving" instead an adjective "Close".
Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Deserving

Deserving adjective - Having sufficient worth or merit to receive one's honor, esteem, or reward.
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Close and deserving are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Deserving".
Nearby Words: deserved, deservedly

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  • She realizes that what she did came close to stalking, that Scott's girlfriend is a Good Bad Girl deserving of his love, and he might be a Jerk Jock, so she gets better.
    Source: Surprisingly Happy Ending
  • Dragged Off to Hell Anton Arcane's most despicable act in Swamp Thing is condemning his own niece Abby, who didn't even come close to deserving it, to this horrible fate.
    Source: Dragged Off to Hell
  • Despite really deserving it, Gendo Ikari never got called out by his son Shinji, although his wife's ghost did confront him about his behavior close to the end and his last words before dying were "I'm sorry, Shinji".
    Source: Calling the Old Man Out
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