What is another word for gratifying?
Synonyms for gratifying
grat·i·fy·ing
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
gratifying
Agreeable refers to whatever gives a mild degree of pleasure; as, an agreeable perfume. Acceptable indicates a thing to be worthy of acceptance; as, an acceptable offering. Grateful is stronger than agreeable or gratifying, indicating whatever awakens a feeling akin to gratitude. A pleasant face and pleasing manners arouse pleasurable sensations, and make the possessor an agreeable companion; if possessed of intelligence, vivacity, and goodness, such a person's society will be delightful. Criminals may find each other's company congenial, but scarcely delightful. Satisfying denotes anything that is received with calm acquiescence, as substantial food, or established truth. That is welcome which is received with joyful heartiness; as, welcome tidings. Compare BEAUTIFUL; CHARMING; DELICIOUS.
Synonyms:
acceptable, agreeable, congenial, delicious, delightful, grateful, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, refreshing, satisfying, welcomeAntonyms:
depressing, disappointing, distressing, hateful, horrible, melancholy, miserable, mournful, painful, saddening, woful, wretched
Princeton's WordNet
gratifying, sweetadjective
pleasing to the mind or feeling
"sweet revenge"
Synonyms:
odorous, pleasurable, fresh, enjoyable, sweet-smelling, sugared, cherubic, honeyed, sweet-scented, mellifluous, unfermented, dulcet, sweet, sweetened, odoriferous, perfumed, angelical, seraphic, scented, angelic, mellisonant, sweet-flavoredAntonyms:
unpleasant, displeasingenjoyable, gratifying, pleasurableadjective
affording satisfaction or pleasure
"the company was enjoyable"; "found her praise gratifying"; "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement"; "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read"
Synonyms:
enjoyable, sweet, pleasurableAntonyms:
unpleasant, displeasing
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "gratifying":
pleasing, rewarding, satisfactory, heartening, encouraging, comforting, satisfying, welcome, pleasant, pleased
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#685 | welcome | |
#2085 | fresh | |
#2466 | sweet | |
#4670 | acceptable | |
#5012 | pleased | |
#5538 | pleasant | |
#7625 | delicious | |
#7874 | encouraging | |
#8185 | satisfactory | |
#9031 | grateful | |
#10254 | enjoyable | |
#11543 | satisfying | |
#12582 | delightful | |
#13559 | refreshing | |
#13663 | rewarding | |
#16496 | scented | |
#16939 | pleasing | |
#26335 | comforting | |
#28349 | angelic | |
#29420 | agreeable | |
#31143 | pleasurable | |
#40362 | gratifying | |
#42753 | sweetened | |
#45963 | perfumed | |
#58985 | congenial | |
#74503 | heartening | |
#102961 | sugared | |
#110914 | seraphic | |
#120295 | honeyed | |
#121952 | odorous | |
#175153 | mellifluous | |
#182872 | dulcet | |
#236336 | cherubic | |
#242476 | unfermented | |
#272533 | odoriferous |
How to use gratifying in a sentence?
My life since the White House has been personally more gratifying, although the presidency was obviously the pinnacle of political success, if I had to choose between four more years and the Carter Center, I think I would choose the Carter Center.
Candidly, Im thrilled to see this university take this approach, it would be gratifying if other universities had the guts to do the same. They dont.
It's been gratifying to see the sheer volume of people to speak up.
It's certainly gratifying to see the rebound, both in orders and sales growth, especially on the healthcare side, but it comes after several quarters of slow growth, i don't think we can declare that the (China) slowdown is over after one quarter.
After it got all done, it was very gratifying.
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