Object

• curiosity: For her, the male nudes in Playgirl and Viva gratify curiosity about the male sexual organ.

• desire: Verse 16: 16 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.

• passion: The ultimatum of all human decrees and wisdom is to gratify the passions of the flesh at the expense of the spirit.

• taste: She liked to offer trifling presents to the other boarders, and the money allowed her to gratify that innocent taste.

Used with why or when

• when: But I felt gratified when she said: " Oh, it is just right!

Infinitive complement

• note: Its gratifying to note that there's a fair amount of women photographers.

• know: It's gratifying to know I'm touching people's lives.

• learn: It is very gratifying to learn about the amount of activity going on around the country in rolling out the Food in Schools Toolkit.

• find: It was gratifying to find a few entries which we already knew.

• see: I was gratified to see visitors tasting the melting ice cream.

Modifying Another Word

• particularly: Particularly gratifying was the number of cards sold of the Millenium Wall Hanging.

• especially: It's especially gratifying that these will be the much needed manufacturing jobs.

• indeed: To those of us who've been keenly watching Maliphant for years, this was gratifying indeed - we'd been right all along.

• extremely: I owed him a compliment, too, at which he seemed extremely gratified.

• deeply: I would be deeply gratified if a member of the production team ( or indeed anyone else!