Grammar › N1 · 09 Emphasis and feeling
〜てしかるべき: only natural; ought to be
N1 · 09 Emphasis and feeling
Says something should be so, considering the circumstances.
Verb or adjective te-form + しかるべき: 評価されてしかるべきだ, 怒ってしかるべきだ. Also しかるべき + noun means appropriate (しかるべき手続き). Formal. Stronger than 〜べきだ about what is natural or deserved.
Examples
これだけ努力したのだから、もっと評価されてしかるべきだ。
Having put in this much effort, you ought to be valued more.
被害者が怒ってしかるべき状況だった。
It was a situation in which the victims had every right to be angry.