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grat·i·fy·ing

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gratifyingadjective

    Synonyms:
    pleasing, agreeable, welcome

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How to use gratifying in a sentence?

  1. Harrison Ford:

    I think the character is woven into the story in a way that intrigued me, there is a strong emotional context between my character Deckard that I play and other characters… It was a really gratifying experience, I had a good time.

  2. David Neal:

    Coming into this event, we knew that the bar that we all collectively set was very high, it's extremely gratifying the numbers exceeding even our lofty goals.

  3. Bill Dickinson:

    I had no idea this would be my life’s work, it’s gratifying, the way people feel about our product. What’s the old saying? Therapy is good, but liquor is quicker.

  4. Ronald Crawford:

    It's been an extremely gratifying experience for me, but it's also been quite humbling for me, i'm just happy those kids still have their mother and that the driver was eventually caught. I'm just happy it all worked out like it did.

  5. Daniel Miller:

    Living in a time that our government and the United States seems to be falling all over Iran to buddy up to give them back their money, it is very gratifying to all of the victims that there is still justice out there to bring these perpetrators of these terrible terrorist attacks to justice.


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