something that is deserved or merited; just reward or punishment
He has now received his deserts.
I have been blessed with an astonishing number of wonderful friends, far beyond mydeserts.
2. to get your just deserts
Examples of 'deserts' in a sentence
deserts
We learn that greed is not good and selfish people get their just deserts.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
We are certainly getting the luck that normally deserts us at this juncture.
The Sun (2012)
Everybody in football is obsessed with the question of deserts.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Fame is not about just deserts.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
All related terms of 'deserts'
desert
A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain , trees, or plants.
get your just deserts
to deserve the unpleasant things that have happened to you, because you have done something bad
sand desert
a desert in which the ground is covered in sand
semi-desert
an extremely dry area characterized by sparse vegetation
to get your just deserts
If you say that someone has got their just deserts , you mean that they deserved the unpleasant things that have happened to them, because they did something bad.