Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: gratify
IPA transcription: [ɡɹ'ætəf,aɪ]
Pronunciations of gratify
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: satisfy, gratify
    Meaning: make happy or satisfied
Usage examples
  • It is permissible to gratify such an impulse
  • His flatteries delude, and his professions of affection gratify you.
  • As men seek to gratify their desires, they attach importance to these agents of power.
  • I suppose it is owing to my being obliged to defy mother's judgment in order to gratify my own.
  • The workman's food is to gratify his hunger, primarily; not merely to make him a better working machine.
  • It is a comfort to be able to gratify such grandees with a farthing or two; it makes the poorest man feel that he can do good.
  • 'That I don't know,' said Blenkiron. 'You won't find people unduly anxious to gratify your natural curiosity about Frau von Einem.'
  • It is arranged, apparently, that the injurer shall be punished, but that the person injured shall not gratify his desire for vengeance.
  • Ernest had sent home some apples, which plainly said, "I want some apple pie, Katy." I looked nervously at the clock, and undertook to gratify him.
  • We sleep, and yet we experience the removal of a wish; we gratify the wish, but at the same time continue to sleep. Both are partly carried out and partly given up.
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