ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsGgratify
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gratify
Meaning: to give pleasure or satisfaction
gratify in a sentence
How gratify is used in real sentences:
It gratified the teacher to see her former student succeed.
It gratified her to see her plants thriving.
“The pattern gratified her; she smiled as months of patient watching resolved her original question.”
— from the passage Gardens Beneath the Forest
Synonyms for gratify
Other words for gratify — please, satisfy and delight — carry the same meaning.
- please
- satisfy
- delight
Antonyms of gratify
Words that mean the opposite of gratify:
- frustrate
- displease
Where it comes from
From Latin gratus 'pleasing'
Memory hook
GRATIFY — bring GRATItude and joy.