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satisfacting

satisfacting adjective: satisfying. Also the present participle and gerund of satisfact.

Adjective

satisfacting (comparative more satisfacting, superlative most satisfacting)

  1. (nonstandard, chiefly non-native speakers' English) Satisfying.
    • What are the most satisfacting aspects of your job?2000 March 31, Kelvin Hung, “To All Civil Engineers, I need your help...”, in sci.engr.civil (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026
    • Now about the bowlcoating in the Cooke fund pipe. Peter experimented with some bowlcoating at that time. All the Danish pipemaker^([sic]) used them and Peter tried to find a satisfacting coating for himself.2000 October 26, Martin Steinthaler, “Pipe Review - Peter Matzhold”, in alt.smokers.pipes (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Jul 2026

Also used as

satisfacting is also the present participle and gerund of satisfact.

Forms of satisfacting

comparativemore satisfacting
superlativemost satisfacting

Origin of satisfacting

An alteration of satisfying by back-formation from satisfaction.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about satisfacting

What does satisfacting mean?
Satisfacting means satisfying.
What part of speech is satisfacting?
Satisfacting is an adjective.

Words near satisfacting in the dictionary

  1. satis
  2. satis-passion
  3. satisal
  4. satisfact
  5. satisfacted
  6. satisfacting
  7. satisfaction
  8. satisfaction note
  9. satisfaction notes
  10. satisfactional
  11. satisfactioned

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