satisfying

Adjective

satisfying (comparative more satisfying, superlative most satisfying)

1. That satisfies, gratifies or pleases; that removes any feeling of lack.
   • [T]he Standing Evidences of the Truth of the Goſpel, tho' in themſelves moſt firm, ſolid, and ſatisfying, yet make but faint Impreſſions on the Minds of many Chriſtians; […]1705 November 7 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), Francis Atterbury, “A Standing Revelation, the Best Means of Conviction. A Sermon Preach’d before Her Majesty, at St. James’s Chapel, on Sunday...
   • As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.2012 January, Robert M. Pringle, “How to Be Manipulative”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2013, page 31

   Synonyms:

   satiating

2. Pleasing to certain sensory channels in neurocognition, especially auditory and tactile ones synesthetically via ASMR.
   • If my girls like something I cooked for them, they don’t exclaim that it is "satisfying." Rather, the kids seem to be using the word this way to refer not to all kinds of sensory experience, but to a subset of them, more often involving sound and touch than sight, smell or taste. And this is not...2022 July 30, John McWhorter, “Language Evolves Right Before Our Ears. It's Very 'Satisfying'”, in New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2022