📖 Definitions of "Gratify"
verb
- 1
To please.
- 2
To make content; to satisfy.
🔄 Synonyms of "Gratify"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| indulgeverb | (intransitive, often followed by "in"): To yield to a temptation or desire. |
| panderverb | (intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification. |
| satisfyverb | (transitive) To meet the needs of, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of (someone). |
↔️ Antonyms of "Gratify"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dissatisfyverb | To fail to satisfy; to displease. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Gratify"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| indulgeverb | (intransitive, often followed by "in"): To yield to a temptation or desire. |
| satisfyverb | (transitive) To meet the needs of, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of (someone). |
| panderverb | (intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification. |
| elateverb | (transitive) To make joyful or proud. |
| malignitynoun | The quality of being malign or malignant; badness, evilness, monstrosity, depravity, maliciousness. |
| feastverb | A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature. |
| good | Of a person or an animal: |
| likeverb | To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. |
| regratifyverb | (transitive) To gratify again. |
| pleasurizeverb | (transitive) To pleasure; to give pleasure to. |
| regalenoun | (rare) A feast, a meal. |
| satiateverb | (transitive) To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy. |
| feednoun | (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) non-human animals. |
| satisficeverb | (sociology, intransitive) Of human behavior: to make a choice that suffices to fulfill the minimum requirements to achieve an objective, without special regard for utility maximization or optimization of one's preferences. |
| meetverb | To make contact (with someone) while in proximity. |
| beatifyverb | (transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness. |
| satisfieverb | Archaic spelling of satisfy. [(ambitransitive) To be enough (for)] |
| arridenoun | (archaic, transitive) To please; to gratify. |
| fillverb | (transitive, ergative) To make full |
| felicitateverb | (transitive) To congratulate. |
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