Synonyms for gratifying
grat·i·fy·ing

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1. gratifying

   Agreeable refers to whatever gives a mild degree of pleasure; as, an agreeable perfume. Acceptable indicates a thing to be worthy of acceptance; as, an acceptable offering. Grateful is stronger than agreeable or gratifying, indicating whatever awakens a feeling akin to gratitude. A pleasant face and pleasing manners arouse pleasurable sensations, and make the possessor an agreeable companion; if possessed of intelligence, vivacity, and goodness, such a person's society will be delightful. Criminals may find each other's company congenial, but scarcely delightful. Satisfying denotes anything that is received with calm acquiescence, as substantial food, or established truth. That is welcome which is received with joyful heartiness; as, welcome tidings. Compare BEAUTIFUL; CHARMING; DELICIOUS.

   Synonyms:
   acceptable, agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying, welcome

   Antonyms:
   depressing, disappointing, distressing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched

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1. gratifying, sweetadjective

   pleasing to the mind or feeling

   "sweet revenge"

   Synonyms:
   odorous, pleasurable, fresh, enjoyable, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweet, sweetened, odoriferous, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, scented, angelic, mellisonant, sweet-flavored

   Antonyms:
   unpleasant, displeasing

2. enjoyable, gratifying, pleasurableadjective

   affording satisfaction or pleasure

   "the company was enjoyable"; "found her praise gratifying"; "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement"; "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read"

   Synonyms:
   enjoyable, sweet, pleasurable

   Antonyms:
   unpleasant, displeasing

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1. gratifyingadjective

   Synonyms:
   pleasing, agreeable, welcome

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1. List of paraphrases for "gratifying":

   pleasing, rewarding, satisfactory, heartening, encouraging, comforting, satisfying, welcome, pleasant, pleased

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How to use gratifying in a sentence?

1. Doug Williams:

   It was really gratifying to me.

2. Bette Davis:

   The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God's joke on humanity. It is man's last desperate stand at superintendency.

3. Keven Kwaku:

   Information Superhighway is really an acronym for 'Interactive Network For Organizing, Retrieving, Manipulating, Accessing And Transferring Information On National Systems, Unleashing Practically Every Rebellious Human Intelligence, Gratifying Hackers, Wiseacres, And Yahoos'.

4. Nic Pizzolatto:

   I always thought Vince was a great actor, from when he first broke in, doing these interesting and intense performances in the mid-’90s — I remember these independent dramas he was just great in, in his maturity I think he wears his history in a rugged, old-school manner. I see echoes of Robert Mitchum and James Garner in the kind of figure he cuts, and I think it’s going to be gratifying for people to see his skills put to this kind of use.

5. Glenda Jackson:

   Coming back to Broadway is like coming home again, 'The Iceman Cometh' experience has been especially gratifying.