gratify
Verb
Verb Forms: gratified, gratifying, gratifies
- To please or satisfy someone.
- make happy or satisfied
- yield (to); give satisfaction to
- To please.
- To make content; to satisfy.
Examples
- gratify the critics
- gratify the voters
- It was immensely gratifying to pull off a 7-letter word for a bingo bonus in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
From French gratifier, from Latin grātificō (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + faciō (“to make”).
Synonyms
indulge, pander, satisfy, abound, amuse, appease, assuage, beatify, begladden, blissen, bright, captivate, cater, cheer, cheer up, cloy, compensate, conciliate, content, delight, elate, enbliss, entertain, exhilarate, exuberate, fain, fascinate, fill, flatter, fulfill, gay, gladden, gladden someone's heart, gratify, happify, happy, hearten, humor, humour, jollify, laetificate, light up, make someone's day, measure up, mollify, pacify, perk up, placate, please, propitiate, provide, quench, raise someone's spirits, rejoice, sate, satiate, score, serve, slake, suffice, suit, supply, teem, turn the frown upside down, upcheer, warm someone's heart, warm the cockles of someone's heart
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
gratify: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgratify: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gratify: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary