gratifying
 (a.)悅人的,令人滿足的


 Grat·i·fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gratified p. pr. & vb. n. Gratifying ]
 1. To please; to give pleasure to; to satisfy; to soothe; to indulge; as, to gratify the taste, the appetite, the senses, the desires, the mind, etc.
    For who would die to gratify a foe?   --Dryden.
 2. To requite; to recompense. [Obs.]
 It remains . . .
 To gratify his noble service.   --Shak.
 Syn: -- To indulge; humor please; delight; requite; recompense.
 Usage: -- To Gratify, Indulge, Humor. Gratify, is the generic term, and has reference simply to the pleasure communicated. To indulge a person implies that we concede something to his wishes or his weaknesses which he could not claim, and which had better, perhaps, be spared. To humor is to adapt ourselves to the varying moods, and, perhaps, caprices, of others.  We gratify a child by showing him the sights of a large city; we indulge him in some extra expense on such an occasion; we humor him when he is tired and exacting.

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 gratifying
      adj 1: giving pleasure or satisfaction [syn: appreciated, pleasing,
              satisfying]
      2: occasioning pride; "a gratifying (or proud) achievement"
      3: pleasing to the mind or feeling; "sweet revenge" [syn: sweet]
      4: 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" [syn: enjoyable,
         pleasurable]