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gratified

Syllables: grat·i·fied/ˈɡrætɪfaɪd/

gratified is the simple past and past participle of gratify.

Meaning of gratify

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To please.
    Antonyms:
    anger, disquiet, fluster
  2. (transitive) To make content; to satisfy.
    • gratify the critics

Forms of gratified

comparativemore gratified
superlativemost gratified

Words formed from gratified

Questions about gratified

What is gratified the simple past and past participle of?
Gratified is the simple past and past participle of gratify.
How do you pronounce gratified?
Gratified is pronounced /ˈɡrætɪfaɪd/.

Words near gratified in the dictionary

  1. graticules
  2. gratifiability
  3. gratifiable
  4. gratification
  5. gratifications
  6. gratified
  7. gratifiedly
  8. gratifier
  9. gratifiers
  10. gratifies
  11. gratifiest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gratified (page history and authors); gratify (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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