1 (deserving) [+winner, champion] merecido; [+successor] digno the eventual winner will be a worthy champion he is a worthy successor to the great Joe Montana This follow-up is a worthy successor to the first album
she found a worthy opponent in Sabatini encontró en Sabatini a una oponente de su categoría; worthy cause buena causa; (f) causa noble; (f)
...a good opportunity to help a worthy cause As long as the money benefits a worthy cause I don't mind ...perfect precision worthy of a Swiss watch ...a web of bureaucratic intrigue worthy of a Kafka novel
to be worthy of sth/sb ser digno de algo/algn; worthy of attention digno de atención; a greatest hits album worthy of the name un disco de grandes éxitos digno de su nombre; she wanted so much to be worthy of her father ansiaba ser digna hija de su padre; that comment was not worthy of you esa observación fue indigna de usted; that remark is not worthy of a reply ese comentario no (se) merece una respuesta
He wanted to build a monument worthy of the goddess ...a grand gesture worthy of his memory such tactics are not worthy of a presidential candidate ...a garbled statement which was not even worthy of a drunken backbencher This is a necessity for any brand of socialism worthy of the name a collection worthy of any international art gallery ...a solution worthy of a civilised society ...an idea not worthy of serious consideration ...a theory worthy of further investigation ...a literary figure worthy of respect
2 (good) [+person] respetable he was a worthy man, honest and hard-working
[+motive, aim] encomiable ...an entirely worthy motive it was a worthy aim, but always doomed to failure
3 (humorous) [+person] honorable; venerable Worthy people on a Criminal Justice Consultative Council are irrelevant to those who have no legal representation This is all very worthy, but it doesn't really get us anywhere
