gratify
[verb]
Synonyms: please, delight, give pleasure, gladden, humour, requite, satisfy

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Contrasted words: bother, irk, aggravate, exasperate, irritate, nettle, rile, agitate, disturb, perturb, upset
Related Idioms: do one proud
Related Words: appease, baby, cater (to), coddle, favor, humor, indulge, oblige, pamper

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

grat‧i‧fy /ˈɡrætəfaɪ, ˈɡrætɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle gratified, present participle gratifying, third person singular gratifies) [transitive] formal
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: gratifier, from Latin gratificare 'to make yourself pleasing', from gratus; ⇒ grateful]

1. [usually passive] to make someone feel pleased and satisfied:
He was gratified by Lucy’s response.
be gratified to see/hear/learn etc
John was gratified to see the improvement in his mother’s health.

2. to satisfy a desire, need etc:
She did not propose to gratify Gloria’s curiosity any further.
—gratification /ˌɡrætəfəˈkeɪʃən, ˌɡrætɪfəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]:
sexual gratification

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