gratifying
Americanadjective
Usage
What are other ways to say gratifying?
Something that is gratifying gives or causes satisfaction. But calling something gratifying isn’t exactly the same as calling it pleasing or interesting. Find out why on Thesaurus.com.
Other Word Forms
- gratifyingly adverb
- nongratifying adjective
- nongratifyingly adverb
- ungratifying adjective
Etymology
Origin of gratifying
Example Sentences
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Sondheim’s were instead tamed by his art, Okrent suggests, which shaped his “textured, contradictory, troubling, and gratifying life.”
From Los Angeles Times
It’s very gratifying that something that’s this close to my heart has had such an amazing time.”
From MarketWatch
What could be more gratifying than feeling superior to a couple of grownups?
Her dad said watching her come out and transition has been gratifying, because “the smile came back, the light in her eyes came back.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Dopamine,” he writes, “the chemical in the brain that causes a gratifying, potentially addictive emotion, is triggered by the pursuit of a reward,” not the winning itself.
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