Thesaurus
gratifying
Synonyms and Antonyms of gratifying
- a spectacular film that is gratifying to both the mind and the eyes
agreeable, blessed (also blest), congenial, darling, delectable, delicious, delightful, delightsome, dreamy, dulcet, enjoyable, felicitous, good, grateful, heavenly, jolly, luscious, nice, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pretty, satisfying, savory (also savoury), sweet, tasty, welcome
alluring, attractive, desirable, enviable, inviting, relishable, tempting
charming, enchanting, fascinating
amusing, diverting, entertaining, recreative
affable, amiable, cheerful, cheery, comfortable, gemütlich, genial, goodly, good-natured, gracious, hospitable, kindly, personable
blissful, felicific, glad, happy, joyous
abominable, ghastly, god-awful, hellish, horrid, miserable, wretched
bilious, disgusting, distasteful, obnoxious, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revulsive, unsavory, vile, yucky (also yukky)
abhorrent, detestable, hateful, odious
boring, commonplace, dull, flat, insipid, irksome, stale, tedious
depressing, disheartening, dismal, dreary, gloomy, heartbreaking, heartrending, joyless, lachrymose, sad, unhappy
deplorable, doleful, dolorous, lamentable, lugubrious, mournful, regrettable, sorrowful, tragic (also tragical)
aggravating, annoying, exasperating, irritating, peeving, perturbing, vexing
angering, enraging, incensing, inflaming (also enflaming), infuriating, maddening, outraging, rankling, riling
- your warm welcome sure is gratifying to this tired soul
Synonyms and Antonyms of gratifying
- just gratify this one whim of mine
- your presence at the holiday table would really gratify your grandmother
agreeing (with), contenting, delighting, feasting, gassing [slang], gladdening, gladding [archaic], pleasing, pleasuring, rejoicing, satisfying, suiting, warming
aggravating, annoying, bothering, bugging, chafing, crossing, exasperating, galling, getting, grating, irking, irritating, nettling, peeving, perturbing, piquing, putting out, ruffling, vexing
angering, enraging, incensing, inflaming (also enflaming), infuriating, maddening, outraging, rankling, riling, roiling, steaming up
agitating, distressing, disturbing, fretting, upsetting
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