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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When the challenges are right in front of you, getting results is far more gratifying than scoring points.
But to see its empowering mania catch on with young girls in an era lousy with messages devaluing a woman’s worth is particularly gratifying.
From Salon
“While this decision is not final, it is a gratifying and hard-fought step in the right direction.”
From Los Angeles Times
“You know when a filmmaker’s life is going to change and I think that there’s something just so special about that, something so gratifying to us as the people who first recognize a film.”
From Los Angeles Times
Using songs based on real Shaker hymns, the movie’s most technically ambitious and narratively gratifying scenes depict these vigorous motions as communal expressions of hunger, obedience, grief, devotion and ecstasy.
From Los Angeles Times
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