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Definition of Gratifying

Gratifying
Gratify Grat"i*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gratified; p. pr. & vb. n. Gratifying.] [F. gratifier, L. gratificari; gratus pleasing + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See -fy.] 1. To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc. For who would die to gratify a foe? --Dryden. 2. To requite; to recompense. [Obs.] It remains . . . To gratify his noble service. --Shak. Syn: To indulge; humor please; delight; requite; recompense. Usage: To Gratify, Indulge, Humor. Gratify, is the generic term, and has reference simply to the pleasure communicated. To indulge a person implies that we concede something to his wishes or his weaknesses which he could not claim, and which had better, perhaps, be spared. To humor is to adapt ourselves to the varying moods, and, perhaps, caprices, of others. We gratify a child by showing him the sights of a large city; we indulge him in some extra expense on such an occasion; we humor him when he is tired and exacting.

Meaning of Gratifying from wikipedia

- generally praised—Nintendo Life said that collecting them felt "very gratifying", while Game Informer disliked how the effort spent collecting them "felt...
- duds and makes for a decent watch with its fine share of emotionally gratifying moments". Jayabhuvaneshwari B of Cinema Express gave 3/5 stars and wrote...
- tactics, and procedures against the hard-core communist forces with gratifying results. Through the aggressive actions of the Wing, military and political...
- in his estate: "I have no objection to any sober or orderly person's gratifying their curiosity in viewing the buildings, Gardens, &ca. about Mount Vernon...
- May 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014. Child, Christopher C. (Fall 2011). "A Gratifying Discovery: Connecting Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, to Sir Thomas Conyers...
- infatuated with his/her client: "very good-looking ... she was the most gratifying of patients. She made literary allusions and understood the ones he made ...
- father fell ill. Her mother's new life outside the home seemed much more gratifying. As a young girl, Friedan was active in both Marxist and Jewish circles;...
- grew potatoes and carrots in his laboratory the article stated, "It is gratifying to be ****ured that Professor Pavlov is raising potatoes only as a pastime...
- against-type performance. Ella Taylor of LA W****ly opined it is "especially gratifying to see her play a woman who's had it up to here with making nice, and...
- had often dominated Iran in the past, the change in roles was greatly gratifying to Mohammad Reza. Courtiers at the Imperial court were devoted to stroking...