gratifiedadj.
/ˈɡratɪfʌɪd/ Pleased, satisfied, etc.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > [adjective] > pleased or filled with pleasure
pleaseda1382
likinga1387
agreed1417
pleasured1600
gratified1818
made-up1946
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective]
paidc1225
well-queemc1225
well-paidc1230
apaid1297
well-apaidc1300
setea1350
pleaseda1382
contentc1400
agreed1417
well-pleased1423
well begonea1425
well-contenta1438
well-contented1461
satisfied1477
contentful1542
unrepining1559
satisfied1566
sufficed1590
contented1597
undispleased1598
perfecta1616
complacential1658
in humour1673
beneplacit1678
comfortable1770
gratified1818
wishless1820
like a possum up a gum tree1840
chuffc1860
all right1882
gruntled1938
chuffed1957
1818 T. Moore Mem. (1853) II. 213 With many gratified acknowledgments of their high opinion.
1861 G. J. Whyte-Melville Market Harborough 76 ‘Never was better, sir’, answers gratified John, with a touch of his hat.
1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 243 ‘All Fan now’, says Singlet in anything but a gratified tone of voice.
Derivatives
ˈgratifiedly adv. with pleasure or satisfaction.
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1854 ‘M. Harland’ Alone xxi Mrs. Grant..raised her spectacles to look at her, and smiled gratifiedly.
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adj.1818- valve casing
- valve chest
- valve circuit
- valve detector
- valve engine
- valve face
- valve governor
- valve head
- valve heater
- valve horn
- valve lifter
- valve noise
- valve oscillator
- valve receiver
- valve receiving set
- valve room
- valve saturation
- valve seating
- valve segment
- valve set
- valve stem
- valve train
- valve trombone
- valve trombonist
- valve trumpet