to gratify
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4.6
- verb
- /ˈɡrætɪˌfaɪ/
:
satisfacer
- Seeing the smile on her child's face gratified her more than any material possession.
- gratify needs
- gratify desires
So they're solving those problems or gratifying those desires.
- So they're solving those problems or gratifying those desires.
- We live in a life in which human interaction is taken out and we are gratified in an instant.
- Whether we're talking about the potato or the apple or cannabis, there's a set of species that get ahead in evolution by gratifying our desires.
- It has no desire to gratify that dogma, which raises logic to the level of law.
Examples
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Before I left Dorincourt castle, the earl said that if you expressed any wishes, I was to gratify them and give you anything you desired.
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I'm not in the relationship to gratify my own ego.
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29: "I would give it with pleasure to a friend, to gratify him with its beauty."
Academic text (1997) -
Do you consult your own feelings in this case, or seek to gratify mine?
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"Well, I might be in a position to gratify that wish, mistress," he said.
Fiction book (1991) -
Doctor, don't you care to gratify your daughter?
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I believe that no one would gratify your wishes better than Prince Charles Gustavus.
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Debbie presents a story of turning tragedy into triumph, one that will gratify those who love happy endings.
Academic text (2006) -
When you first caused me to be brought here, Miss Havisham, I suppose I really came here as any other chance boy might, as a kind of servant to gratify a want or a whim and to be paid for it.
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I only gratify your curiosity because you're the one man I've met... ...capable of appreciating what I've done... ...and keeping it to himself.
Synonyms
216
1.0
To make someone happy or satisfied
172
2.0
Make someone happy by meeting their need or wish
18
4.6
To make yourself or someone else satisfied with something
11
6.2
To fully satisfy a need like hunger or curiosity
10
6.0
To make a feeling or want less strong by giving what someone wants
9
7.1
To make someone feel they have had enough to eat or drink
3
3.5
To give someone enjoyment or happiness
1
3.5
To make someone feel happy
Antonyms
How Satisfying
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gratify comes from the Latin root gratus, which means 'pleasing' and is the same root as grateful and grace. So to gratify someone is to make them feel pleased or 'thankful'.