ungratified
- a word derived from gratify.
Example Sentences
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Since neither knows much about the Harfinks, their curiosity is ungratified.
From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip
You need not; there is nothing more difficult than to remain unselfish, which is just another word for "sweet and good," if one never knows what it is to have a wish ungratified.
From Christmas Tree Land by Molesworth, Mrs. (Mary Louisa)
So Mr. Gage's yearning was still ungratified, and so he told himself, and his friend, Peckover, in no measured terms as he rampaged about the more secluded quarters of the demesne.
From A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William
Dock's legs, Mr. Doggett's public reproof, and the ungratified longing in his stomach for melons, were still giving the boy trouble late Saturday afternoon, after the flight of Friday evening.
From The Tobacco Tiller A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields by Hackley, Sarah Bell
The other was a now half-forgotten ungratified wish—the wish to find the youngster who had done him such service twelve years before.
From The Outspan Tales of South Africa by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir
