Preposition: of

• desire: To release the fire is to allow an immediate and untrammeled gratification of desire that would quickly consume the self and its surroundings.

• vanity: Give me all the gratifications of vanity that will never be mine in my own person.

• sense: Drunkards may talk of their pleasures, and the gratifications of sense; but the pleasure and delight of the soul is knowledge.

Converse of object

• defer: Bernstein also viewed working class children as being unable to defer gratification.

• delay: They are learning how to inhibit themselves and delay gratification.

• seek: In a material world one seeks gratification from without.

• want: Most people don't have the patience and wants instant gratification rather than spending time to learn the dance.

• offer: But there are signs that offering instant gratification in this way may be losing its appeal.

• find: He appears to find perverse sexual gratification out of encouraging Othello to strangle Desdemona, as if he was anticipating a snuff movie!

Adjective modifier

• instant: The only instant gratification in writing is the burst of joy from the act of creation.

• delayed: Delayed gratification is almost a forgotten concept, except where women are concerned.

• sensual: A sensual gratification that extends into a love of life.

• deferred: The healthy use of it is called ' deferred gratification ' .

• sexual: Do class barriers affect the pursuit of sexual gratification?

• immediate: Dogs are stupid, they will never evolve past their immediate gratification.

Modifies a noun

• theory: See the uses and gratifications theory This allows SMG to deliver the high-earning and high-spending target audience to advertisers.

• approach: Hence the uses and gratifications approach is concerned to identify how people use the media to gratify their needs.

• factor: That instant gratification factor of finding the song you want is a big part of it.

Noun used with modifier

• self: THE ONLY super hero who uses his powers for self gratification!