gratifying
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Synonyms & Antonyms for gratifying
Synonyms
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
Antonyms
disagreeable, pleasureless, unpalatable, unpleasant, unwelcome
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All of the club’s departments have contributed to this very gratifying result. — SI.com, "Bayern Munich Announce Record Turnover and Profits for 2018/19 Season," 4 Sep. 2019 Yet, prison officials say the gratifying nature of being a correctional officer makes striving for reforms all the more worth it. — Tyler Kendall, CBS News, "Why can't prisons staff their facilities? One state might have a solution," 31 Aug. 2019 Some of you will be entering a gratifying friendship, if not today, then in the near future. — BostonGlobe.com, "Horoscope," 30 July 2019 As with their work, Never’s song creates tension-and-release drama that rewards patience with gratifying resolution. — Randall Roberts, latimes.com, "California Sounds: New music from Deb Never, Sublime with Rome and Rhye," 5 June 2019 That’s why Bonnen’s performance during this year’s Legislative session, on balance, was so gratifying. — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, "Why Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen will never be Joe Straus," 17 Aug. 2019 Making deals was more gratifying than wrangling stars, as Katleman’s book paints it. — Washington Post, "Hollywood executive’s book recalls misbehaving stars, moguls," 9 July 2019 Watching this remarkable cast bring new life to Harold Pinter’s greatest work has been one of the most gratifying and exciting experiences of my life in the theater. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, "Tom Hiddleston will make his Broadway debut with revival of Betrayal," 27 June 2019 Our next foray to McGee Creek proved almost as gratifying. — Doug Hansen, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Warm-weather adventures at Mammoth," 26 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gratifying.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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