Deserved
Deserved adjective - Being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong.
Happy and deserved are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Happy" instead an adjective "Deserved".
Nearby Words: deserving, deservedly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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However, some were quite happy to the good characters, delivering well-deserved vengeance to the unsympathetic.
Source: Series / Tales from the Crypt -
He may have died in the defense of a doomed French outpost in Indochina, but he got to die in a manner which he was quite happy with, instead of facing the firing squad he thoroughly deserved.
Source: Comicbook / Fury: My War Gone By -
The only character who got a totally happy ending here and deserved it is Flash Thompson.
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Happy and Deserved. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deserved/happy
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Happy or Deserved. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/deserved/happy.
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