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gratify |
▶ Function: verb [with object]
▶ Inflected forms: gratifies; gratified; gratifying
▶ Status: formal
▶ Meanings:
(1) to make (someone) happy or satisfied
-A guilty verdict would gratify the victim's relatives.
-It gratifies [=pleases] me to see how well the book is doing.
※ This sense of gratify is often used as (be) gratified.
-He’s gratified by the response he's been getting.
(2) to do or give whatever is wanted or demanded by (someone or something)
-He's only concerned with gratifying his own desires.
-gratify a whim
-I'll be happy to gratify [=satisfy] your -curiosity.
• Derived forms: gratification noun
• Plural: gratifications
[noncount]
-He's only concerned with selfish gratification of his own desires.
[count]
-Her life now offers few gratifications. [=few ources of satisfaction or pleasure]
• gratified adjective
• Comparative and superlative forms: more gratified; most gratified
-He's very/highly gratified that his students have done so well.
-She was gratified to see her ideas become so widely accepted.
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