That job gave him little gratification.
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Gratification
//ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "gratification" (78 found)
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Related words (39)
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38 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- възнаграждение noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
- задоволство noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
- удовлетворение noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
Catalan
1 entries- gratificació noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
Dutch
1 entries- gratificatie noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
Esperanto
3 entries- gratifikacio noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
- gratifiko noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
- gratifo noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
Finnish
4 entries- hyvitys noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
- lahja noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
- mielihyvä noun (feeling of pleasure — see also satisfaction)
- miellyttäminen noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
French
2 entries- gratification noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
- récompense noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
German
1 entries- Befriedigung noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
Hungarian
4 entries- jutalmazás noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
- jutalom noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
- kielégítés noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
- kielégülés noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
Indonesian
2 entries- gratifikasi noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
- gratifikasi noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
Irish
1 entries- sásamh noun (feeling of pleasure — see also satisfaction)
Italian
1 entries- gratificazione noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
Norwegian
2 entries- glede noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
- tilfredsstille noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Befrädjunk noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
Polish
2 entries- gratyfikacja noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
- gratyfikacja noun (feeling of pleasure — see also satisfaction)
Portuguese
1 entries- gratificação noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
Russian
4 entries- вознаграждение noun (gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward)
- ублажение noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
- удовлетворение noun (act of gratifying or pleasing)
- удовлетворение noun (feeling of pleasure — see also satisfaction)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
He had the gratification of seeing his son graduate from collage.
Source: tatoeba (300978)
Is it really wise for marketing folks to satisfy people's desire for instant gratification?
Source: tatoeba (400642)
The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.
Source: tatoeba (425389)
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