gratify

English

Etymology

From French gratifier, from Latin grātificō (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + faciō (“to make”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡrætɪfaɪ/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
Hyphenation: grat‧i‧fy

Verb

gratify (third-person singular simple present gratifies, present participle gratifying, simple past and past participle gratified)

(transitive) To please.
(transitive) To make content; to satisfy.
gratify the critics

gratify the voters

Synonyms

gladden

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “please”): anger, disquiet, fluster

Derived terms

Translations

to please

Armenian: գոհացնել (hy) (gohacʻnel)
Bulgarian: задоволявам (bg) (zadovoljavam), удовлетворявам (bg) (udovletvorjavam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使/讓（……）高興／使/让（……）高兴
Finnish: ilahduttaa (fi), miellyttää (fi)
Latin: iuvo
Maori: whakawaireka
Russian: угожда́ть (ru) impf (ugoždátʹ), угоди́ть (ru) pf (ugodítʹ), ублажа́ть (ru) impf (ublažátʹ), ублажи́ть (ru) pf (ublažítʹ)

to make content, satisfy

Bulgarian: доставям удоволствие (dostavjam udovolstvie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 使/讓（……）滿足／使/让（……）满足
Finnish: tyydyttää (fi)
Japanese: 満足させる (ja) (まんぞくさせる, manzoku saseru), 満たす (ja) (みたす, mitasu)
Maori: whakawaireka, whakatūtataki
Russian: удовлетворя́ть (ru) impf (udovletvorjátʹ), удовлетвори́ть (ru) pf (udovletvorítʹ)
Swedish: tillfredsställa (sv)

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French: ^{(please verify)} gratifier (fr)