gratifying

/'grætifaiiɳ/

Thân thiện

Reading a well-printed book is a gratifying experience.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Providing satisfaction or pleasure: Giving a feeling of contentment or happiness, often by fulfilling a desire or expectation.
   • Pleasing to the mind or feelings: Causing a positive emotional response, such as delight or approval.

Usage

The adjective "gratifying" is used to describe an experience, result, or action that gives a deep sense of pleasure or satisfaction. It often implies that the pleasure comes from something that meets a personal need, expectation, or effort.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • Receiving positive feedback from the client was extremely gratifying.
  • It is gratifying to see your hard work finally pay off.
  • The teacher found the students' progress to be a gratifying experience.

Advanced Usage

• "deeply gratifying": providing a profound or intense sense of satisfaction.
  • Winning the award after years of research was deeply gratifying.
• "personally gratifying": giving satisfaction on an individual, private level.
  • Helping others is personally gratifying for many volunteers.

Variants and Related Words

• Gratify (verb): To please or satisfy someone.
  • The manager hoped to gratify the customer with a full refund.
• Gratification (noun): Pleasure or satisfaction, especially when gained from the fulfillment of a desire.
  • Delayed gratification is the ability to resist an immediate reward for a larger one later.

Synonyms

• Satisfying: Fulfilling a need or desire.
• Pleasing: Giving a sense of enjoyment or pleasure.
• Rewarding: Providing a beneficial or satisfying return for effort.

Antonyms

• Disappointing: Failing to meet hopes or expectations.
• Unsatisfying: Not providing fulfillment or pleasure.
• Frustrating: Causing feelings of annoyance or disappointment due to unresolved difficulties.

Idioms and Phrases

• "A gratifying sight/sound/experience": A common collocation describing something that is pleasing to witness or undergo.
  • The peaceful resolution of the conflict was a gratifying sight for all involved.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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
2. pleasing to the mind or feeling
   • sweet revenge

Từ đồng nghĩa

• enjoyable
• pleasurable
• sweet