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- pronunciation:
- grae
t
faI
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
gratifies, gratifying, gratified |
definition 1: |
to give pleasure or satisfaction to (someone).
Her excellent performance in school gratified her parents.I was gratified by receiving the award because I had worked very hard.- synonyms:
- please
- antonyms:
- anger, disappoint, displease
- similar words:
- content, delight, gladden, pleasure, satisfy, suit
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definition 2: |
to satisfy or indulge (a desire, impulse, or the like).
He gratified his anger with the hurl of a chair.She set off for the cafe to gratify a sudden desire for an espresso.- synonyms:
- indulge, yield to
- antonyms:
- frustrate, repress
- similar words:
- appease, ease, pacify, please, relieve, satisfy, soothe
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related words: |
meet, pride, sate, satiate, thrill |
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derivation: |
gratifier (n.) |
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