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gratification::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | satisfaction |
| Type of | spirit, emotional state |
| Has types | comfort, quality of life |
| Derivation | gratify |
dull repetitious work gives no gratification.
to my immense gratification he arrived on time.
gratification::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | satisfaction |
| Has types | indulging, pampering, pleasing, head trip, satiation, self-gratification, indulgence, humoring |
| Derivation | gratify |
Examples of gratification
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She needs to learn to plan ahead, delay gratification and set fiscal priorities.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Now we can e-mail and text for instant and relatively inexpensive gratification.
From the ocregister.com
Today, people are focused on more immediate gratification and immediate returns.
From the timesunion.com
Even though we all love instant gratification, don't expect an immediate answer.
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This doesn't mesh well with our immediate-gratification, instant-action society.
From the post-gazette.com
Hang a feeder out in the snow and you'll have pretty much instant gratification.
From the kansas.com
Baker's would-be grand indictment is in fact a lazy piece of self-gratification.
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Quatro is incisive on technology and our new varieties of instant gratification.
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For instant skin gratification, GlamGlow's pink pot delivers in 10 minutes flat.
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- State of being gratified or satisfied; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time"
- The act or an instance of satisfying
- (gratified) having received what was desired
- (gratify) satisfy: make happy or satisfied
- (gratify) yield (to); give satisfaction to
- (gratifying) pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge"
- (gratifying) enjoyable: affording satisfaction or pleasure; "the company was enjoyable"; "found her praise gratifying"; "full of happiness and pleasurable excitement"; "good printing makes a book more pleasurable to read"
- Gratification is the pleasurable emotional reaction of happiness in response to a fulfillment of a desire or the fulfillment of a goal. A person may proudly say they are gratified upon achieving a hard won goal, and the term is usually used to refer to these cases. ...
- The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart; That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight; A reward; a recompense; a gratuity
