Synonyms of gratifying

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adjective

1

as in enjoyable

giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses

a spectacular film that is gratifying to both the mind and the eyes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enjoyable
• pleasant
• pleasing
• delightful
• satisfying
• delicious
• nice
• sweet
• good
• welcome
• heavenly
• pleasurable
• pretty
• comforting
• amusing
• soothing
• tempting
• grateful
• agreeable
• felicitous
• congenial
• tasty
• delectable
• fascinating
• jolly
• comfortable
• desirable
• palatable
• happy
• blessed
• dreamy
• attractive
• savory
• blest
• luscious
• darling
• charming
• entertaining
• savoury
• dulcet
• alluring
• inviting
• enchanting
• enviable
• delightsome
• blissful
• cheerful
• calming
• exhilarating
• gracious
• joyous
• relishable
• glad
• hospitable
• amiable
• kindly
• cheery
• personable
• ecstatic
• affable
• genial
• goodly
• elating
• rapturous
• diverting
• euphoric
• recreative
• intoxicating
• good-natured
• felicific
• nirvanic
• gemütlich

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unpleasant
• disagreeable
• unwelcome
• repulsive
• unpalatable
• miserable
• disgusting
• repugnant
• offensive
• distasteful
• horrid
• abominable
• ghastly
• tedious
• obnoxious
• hellish
• wretched
• vile
• detestable
• odious
• unsavory
• sad
• irksome
• repellent
• boring
• abhorrent
• depressing
• commonplace
• hateful
• bilious
• dull
• unhappy
• disheartening
• flat
• tragic
• stale
• deplorable
• regrettable
• insipid
• aggravating
• irritating
• dismal
• gloomy
• exasperating
• heartbreaking
• displeasing
• lamentable
• annoying
• sorrowful
• pleasureless
• revulsive
• vexing
• dreary
• mournful
• repellant
• hostile
• joyless
• perturbing
• tragical
• dissatisfying
• doleful
• god-awful
• lugubrious
• yucky
• heartrending
• lachrymose
• disturbing
• infuriating
• maddening
• dolorous
• yukky
• distressing
• intimidating
• forbidding
• upsetting
• peeving
• enraging
• riling
• rankling
• inflaming
• angering
• enflaming
• incensing
• outraging

2

as in comforting

making one feel good inside

your warm welcome sure is gratifying to this tired soul

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comforting
• encouraging
• rewarding
• fulfilling
• satisfying
• heartening
• warm
• loving
• welcoming
• inspiring
• heartwarming
• gladdening
• cheering
• pleasing
• exciting
• moving
• uplifting
• touching
• affecting
• poignant
• sympathetic
• edifying
• kind
• thrilling
• elevating
• exhilarating
• stirring
• inspiriting
• stimulating
• pleasurable
• kindly
• rousing
• invigorating
• enlivening
• animating
• tender

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discouraging
• demoralizing
• depressing
• disheartening
• dispiriting
• disappointing
• saddening
• dissatisfying
• heartbreaking
• disconcerting
• disturbing
• displeasing
• cheerless
• distressing
• dismaying
• upsetting
• discomforting
• heartrending
• unpleasant
• cold
• unkind
• disgruntling
• unfriendly
• unfeeling
• unloving

gratifying

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verb

present participle of gratify

1

as in pleasing

to give in to (a desire)

just gratify this one whim of mine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pleasing
• humoring
• indulging
• satisfying
• catering (to)
• delighting
• spoiling
• reveling
• revelling
• basking
• luxuriating
• pampering
• wallowing
• coddling
• pleasuring
• mollycoddling
• satiating
• sating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• checking
• restraining
• inhibiting
• curbing
• constraining
• stifling
• bridling

2

as in satisfying

to give satisfaction to

your presence at the holiday table would really gratify your grandmother

Synonyms & Similar Words

• satisfying
• pleasing
• delighting
• warming
• thrilling
• amusing
• feasting
• entertaining
• rejoicing
• contenting
• gladdening
• suiting
• agreeing (with)
• tickling
• pleasuring
• exciting
• soothing
• appeasing
• comforting
• gladding
• gassing
• titillating
• captivating
• charming
• satiating
• calming
• placating
• mollifying
• pacifying
• galvanizing
• quenching
• sating
• diverting
• treating
• assuaging
• humoring
• catering (to)
• pampering
• indulging
• spoiling
• coddling
• mollycoddling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aggravating
• exasperating
• irritating
• getting
• displeasing
• crossing
• annoying
• bothering
• vexing
• perturbing
• galling
• infuriating
• maddening
• grating
• nettling
• bugging
• ruffling
• chafing
• enraging
• putting out
• irking
• piquing
• provoking
• rousing
• distressing
• angering
• disturbing
• riling
• upsetting
• rankling
• roiling
• inflaming
• outraging
• incensing
• agitating
• steaming up
• harassing
• fretting
• peeving
• enflaming
• insulting
• pestering
• offending
• harrying
• affronting