gratify
verb
[ ˈɡratɪfʌɪ ]
• give (someone) pleasure or satisfaction.
• "she was gratified to see the shock in Jim's eyes"
Similar:
please,
gladden,
give pleasure to,
make happy,
make content,
delight,
make someone feel good,
satisfy,
warm the cockles of the heart,
thrill,
tickle someone pink,
give someone a buzz/kick,
buck someone up,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘make pleasing’): from French gratifier or Latin gratificari ‘give or do as a favour’, from gratus ‘pleasing, thankful’.
