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[ grat-uh-fahy-ing ] / ˈgræt əˌfaɪ ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR gratifying ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivetending to gratify; giving or causing satisfaction; pleasing. Origin of gratifyingFirst recorded in 1605–15; gratify + -ing2 synonym study for gratifyingSee interesting. OTHER WORDS FROM gratifyinggrat·i·fy·ing·ly, adverbnon·grat·i·fy·ing, adjectivenon·grat·i·fy·ing·ly, adverbun·grat·i·fy·ing, adjectiveWords nearby gratifyingGratiae, Gratian, graticule, gratification, gratify, gratifying, gratin, gratinate, gratinated, gratiné, grating Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gratifyingYet the tale baseball historians have pieced together is gratifying enough for it not to matter. The Myth of Jackie Mitchell, the Girl Who Struck Out Ruth and Gehrig|Adam Doster|May 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST I love my job and have found work to be gratifying and even calming during periods when other parts of my life are far less so. One Reason Women Stay Home: Because It's Easier on Everyone|Megan McArdle|March 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST “My job was gratifying for a long time, until business became a lot harder,” she says. Stress at Work: Is Your Job Making You Sick?|Paula Froelich|December 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST It's gratifying to see the Democrats be better at hardball than the Republicans for a change. The Emerging Theory on Mitt's Taxes: It's 2009|Michael Tomasky|July 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Like accolades ought to be, the fulfilled life is a consequence, a gratifying byproduct. David McCullough at Wellesley Commencement: ‘You Are Not Special’ (Video)|The Daily Beast|June 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST It was gratifying to observe that here the Indians had some ranches with considerable land still left to them. Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)|Carl Lumholtz The news was gratifying to Hodge, and he lost no time in disappearing from view. Frank Merriwell's Alarm|Burt L. Standish This sight was gratifying to us as showing a disposition to teach and to learn, even under the most disadvantageous circumstances. Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel|John Yeardley The statistical report of the navy for 1871 offers a gratifying contrast to the above figures. Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley My personal relations with the Irish people have been and continue to be of the most gratifying kind. Ireland as It Is|Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
British Dictionary definitions for gratifying
adjectivegiving one satisfaction or pleasure Derived forms of gratifyinggratifyingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to gratifyingenjoyable, pleasant, delightful, pleasing |