English-Thai Dictionary

gratify

VI พอใจ  อิ่มอกอิ่มใจ  ชอ บอก ชอบใจ  ปลื้ม  please gladden bore tire por-jai

 

gratify

VT ทำให้ พอใจ  ทำให้ ชอบใจ  ทำให้ ปลื้ม  please gladden bore tire tam-hai-por-jai

 

gratifying

ADJ น่าพอใจ  น่า ปลื้มใจ  na-por-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GRATIFY

v.t.[L. gratificor; gratus, agreeable, and facio, to make. ] 1. To please; to give pleasure to; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.
2. To delight; to please; to humor; to soothe; to satisfy; to indulge to satisfaction.
For who would die to gratify a foe?
3. To requite; to recompense.

 

GRATIFYING

ppr. Pleasing; indulging to satisfaction. 1. Giving pleasure; affording satisfaction.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GRATIFY

Grat "i *fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gratified; p. pr. & vb. n.Gratifying. ] Etym: [F. gratifier, L. gratificari; gratus pleasing + - ficare (in comp. ) to make. See -fy. ]

 

1. To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc. For who would die to gratify a foe Dryden.

 

2. To requite; to recompense. [Obs. ] It remains. .. To gratify his noble service. Shak.

 

Syn. -- To indulge; humor please; delight; requite; recompense. -- To Gratify, Indulge, Humor. Gratify, is the generic term, and has reference simply to the pleasure communicated. To indulge a person implies that we concede something to his wishes or his weaknesses which he could not claim, and which had better, perhaps, be spared. To humor is to adapt ourselves to the varying moods, and, perhaps, caprices, of others. We gratify a child by showing him the sights of a large city; we indulge him in some extra expense on such an occasion; we humor him when he is tired and exacting.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gratify

grat i fy |ˈgratəˌfī ˈɡrædəˌfaɪ | ▶verb ( gratifies, gratifying, gratified ) [ with obj. ] give (someone ) pleasure or satisfaction: I was gratified to see the coverage in May's issue | (as adj. gratifying ) : the results were gratifying. • indulge or satisfy (a desire ): not all the sexual impulses can be gratified. DERIVATIVES grat i fi er noun, gra ti fy ing ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘make pleasing ’): from French gratifier or Latin gratificari ‘give or do as a favor, ’ from gratus ‘pleasing, thankful. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

gratify

grat |ify |ˈgratɪfʌɪ | ▶verb ( gratifies, gratifying, gratified ) [ with obj. ] give (someone ) pleasure or satisfaction: she was gratified to see the shock in Jim's eyes | (as adj. gratifying ) : the results were gratifying. • indulge or satisfy (a desire ): not all the sexual impulses can be gratified. DERIVATIVES gratifier noun, gratifyingly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘make pleasing ’): from French gratifier or Latin gratificari ‘give or do as a favour ’, from gratus ‘pleasing, thankful ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

gratify

gratify verb 1 it gratified him to be seen with her: please, gladden, make happy, delight, make someone feel good, satisfy; informal tickle pink, buck up. ANTONYMS displease. 2 he gratified her desires: satisfy, fulfill, indulge, comply with, pander to, cater to, give in to, satiate, feed, accommodate. ANTONYMS frustrate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

gratify

gratify verb 1 it gratified him to be seen in her company: please, gladden, give pleasure to, make happy, make content, delight, make someone feel good, satisfy, warm the cockles of the heart, thrill; informal tickle someone pink, give someone a buzz /kick, buck someone up. ANTONYMS displease. 2 he was gratifying his strange desires: satisfy, fulfil, indulge, relieve, humour, comply with, pander to, cater to, give in to, quench, slake, satiate, pacify, appease, assuage, provide for, feed, accommodate. ANTONYMS frustrate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gratify

grat i fy /ɡrǽtɪfàɪ /〖grati (うれしく )fy (させる )〗動詞 -fies /-z /; -fied /-d /; ～ing 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈物事が 〉〈人 〉を喜ばせる, 満足させる; 〈欲望 願望など 〉を満たす (!satisfyより意味が強い; →gratified , gratifying ) .

 

gratifying

gr á t i f ỳ ing 形容詞 【人を 】喜ばせる, 満足させる «to » ▸ a gratifying married life 満足のいく結婚生活 ▸ It was gratifying that I saw [to see ] her .彼女に会えてうれしかった .～ly 副詞