GRATIFIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gratified mean? 

• GRATIFIED (adjective)
  The adjective GRATIFIED has 1 sense:

1. having received what was desired

  Familiarity information: GRATIFIED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRATIFIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having received what was desired

Similar:

pleased (experiencing or manifesting pleasure)

 Context examples 

You could not have gratified me more than by expressing an interest—.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“My opinion!” she cried, shrinking from such a compliment, highly as it gratified her.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

She was much gratified; and both her hands being occupied, patted me on the head with her whip.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He was aware of a certain strange satisfaction, as though some need were being gratified, as though some void in his being were being filled.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

And Mr. Bhaer cleared his throat with a gratified "Hem!" as he stepped into the corner where Jo stood, saying...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He now smiled: and not a bitter or a sad smile, but one well pleased and deeply gratified.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Of all the family, Mary was probably the one most immediately gratified by the circumstance.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Here Catherine, who was much less gratified by his admiration than by General Tilney's, was not sorry to be called away by Mr. Allen.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Jane was as much gratified by this as her mother could be, though in a quieter way.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

As I say, the sight gratified me.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)