Usually means: Providing pleasure or satisfaction emotionally.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word Gratifying:

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  1. gratifying: Merriam-Webster
  2. gratifying: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gratifying: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gratifying: Vocabulary.com
  5. Gratifying, gratifying: Wordnik
  6. gratifying: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. gratifying: Wiktionary
  8. gratifying: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Gratifying, gratifying: Dictionary.com
  10. gratifying: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Gratifying: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. gratifying: Rhymezone
  13. Gratifying: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. gratifying: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. gratifying: FreeDictionary.org
  16. gratifying: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. gratifying: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. gratifying: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gratifying: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gratifying: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gratifying)

▸ adjective:  Pleasing, satisfying.

Similar:
pleasing, pleasant, pleasurable, enjoyable, satisfying, proud, rewarding, appreciated, sweet, satisfactory, more...

Opposite:
disappointing, unfulfilling, frustrating

Types:
satisfying, rewarding, pleasing, heartening, encouraging, uplifting, more...

Phrases:
overjoyed pleasing gratifying, pleasing gratifying, more...

Adjectives:
most, least, whole, real, handsome, wholesome, self

Colors:
    gold,     emerald,     sapphire,     ruby,     amethyst, more...



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Similar:
pleasing, pleasant, pleasurable, enjoyable, satisfying, proud, rewarding, appreciated, sweet, satisfactory, more...

Opposite:
disappointing, unfulfilling, frustrating

Types:
satisfying, rewarding, pleasing, heartening, encouraging, uplifting, more...

Phrases:
overjoyed pleasing gratifying, pleasing gratifying, more...

Adjectives:
most, least, whole, real, handsome, wholesome, self

Colors:
    gold,     emerald,     sapphire,     ruby,     amethyst, more...



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