Gratification is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for GRATIFICATION in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the act of gratifying
• pleasure, especially when gained from the satisfaction of a desire
• a source of pleasure.
• 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.
• state of being gratified or satisfied
• the act or an instance of satisfying
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• reward, recompense; gratuity

Words related to GRATIFICATION

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Words that contain GRATIFICATION

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How to use GRATIFICATION in a sentence

• The old men instantly crowded round the window, and expressed their gratification at the sight that presented itself.
• These were painted on the photographs, much to the gratification of those who ordered them for distribution among their friends.
• It was, on my part, great gratification to see you and talk to you and hear you talk, and, above all, perhaps, to feel that you loved me still a little.
• Jarves wrote to us full of gratitude and gratification on account of your kindness to him, for which we also should thank you.
• She listened to them sometimes, and felt them always, with a secret gratification of knowing they would not quit the deck till she did.
• Private portraits seem to me to be things so sacred, that they ought not to survive the immediate family or friends for whose gratification they are painted.
• He had merely intended a surprise and gratification to her.
• Lee must have read the memorandum with as much surprise as gratification.
• I wish this petition, if approved, to arrive there under the same circumstances, to produce the counter effect so wanting for their gratification.
• But we have a faction to whose hostile passions the torture even of right into wrong is a delicious gratification.
• Her poetical imagination, too, has heightened the scenes she visited, as well as the merits of the inhabitants, to whom her society was a delightful gratification.
• At the moment all my hopes and fears appeared to be merged in this one desire, careless of the consequences that might result from its gratification.
• Passions cultivated and encouraged by gratification through life will thus sometimes assert a total supremacy in old age.
• These stimulants excite the passions and produce a clamoring for sensual gratification which few boys or young men have the will power or moral courage to resist.
• On the seat behind me were two men who expressed their gratification to each other, when they read the despatch over my shoulder.
• Oscar stood by, a look of delight and gratification expressed upon his handsome face.
• Wherefore Bud had deliberately done what he could do to stimulate and emphasize both the surprise and the gratification.
• Everything was supplied them which the place could afford, and it was always a source of gratification to them to reflect on the time that they passed in their society.
• But greater still was the gratification he experienced in again beholding the identical sword he had taken from his Tory antagonist, as previously stated.
• One reason why the temperance movement has been arrested in this country is, that while one sensual gratification was withdrawn, another was not provided.
• His heart burned within him, not with silly pride, but sincere gratification, on account of what he had just heard.
• The infliction upon women is the result of infidelity, or a sacrifice of chastity to loose gratification.
• The way was at last clear to the gratification of his passion.
• Physical gratification gains priority over the service of the gods.
• Much to his relief and gratification, he found the acquisition of the language to be the least of his difficulties.
• The doctor manifestly found the examination a task of mounting gratification.
• The marriage vow was entirely disregarded, and he was ever ready to commit any crime which would afford gratification to his passions, or which would advance his interests.
• Botolph Without, have I experienced a gratification equal to the present.

Similar words containing GRATIFICA without suffix tion

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