(n.) The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.
(n.) That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.
(n.) A reward; a recompense; a gratuity.
Example Sentences:
(1) Aesthetic surgery crosses the dividing line between surgery for reconstruction and alteration of deviations (which do not in themselves constitute objective deformities) and is sometimes even performed without medical indication, but just for the gratification of individual vanity.
(2) This shift is thought to parallel the oscillation between unconscious instinctual gratification and conscious attempts at reparation which is the main dynamic feature of the compulsive neurosis in waking life.
(3) Bell pointed to the virtual dissolution of the work ethic for instant gratification, and to the inability of liberalism to deal with the consequences.
(4) The significant changes seen among women who had undergone a laparoscopy after the longterm evaluation were in faking orgasm and in seeking different outlets for sexual gratification.
(5) My feeling is that much, if not all, of Savile's gratification came not from the sexual attacks themselves, but from their continuing confirmation that he was a national puppetmaster.
(6) In the era of instant gratification, it was perhaps inevitable that retailers would eventually offer same-day grocery delivery, and it’s hardly surprising that it’s Amazon that is leading the way.
(7) We have a society accustomed to the pursuit of prosperity and individual gratification, often resentful of immigrants, and possessing a perilously skin-deep attachment to democracy.
(8) The gratification comes from realizing that the results of distal sensory nerve repair exceed those obtained after repair of other nerves.
(9) This mythology, embodied over those decades in the Horatio Alger stories consumed particularly by upwardly mobile young men and in the phrase "to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps", consistently held out that American promise by equating hard work (along with other good Puritan values such as delayed gratification, temperance, saving and self-reliance) with economic success.
(10) Its essential shielding function has evolved from oral fantasies of gratification at the breast, and this origin places it in the context of other phenomena, including the Isakower phenomenon.
(11) People have come up to us and expressed their gratification.
(12) A factor analysis was performed on the SDMI and six levels of sexual decision making were defined: Object Constancy, Ambivalence, Need for Merger, Need Gratification, Low Self-esteem, and Narcissistic Gratification.
(13) Several dimensions of impulse control (i.e., delay of gratification, reflectivity, and motor control) were related to intelligence, mental status, and adjustment among 91 institutionalized aged women.
(14) They obtained social gratification through group activities.
(15) It's not been a surprise, but it's a matter of some gratification."
(16) It is a special collaborative effort that requires continuous monitoring and assessment in order to maximize gratification for both parties.
(17) Although many trans-sexuals derive some gratification from assuming roles appropriate to their desired gender, a substantial number are convinced that only sexual transformation can bring meaningful relief of their feelings of despair.
(18) A new pattern of health care in developing countries promises to meet the needs of rural people and still provide reasonable gratification for health workers.
(19) Controlling for age, education, and their interaction, high intimacy motivation in women was associated with greater happiness and gratification, whereas in men it was associated with lack of strain and lack of uncertainty.
(20) The results are consistent with clinical observations that ADHD children are less willing than others to accept "delayed gratification" and that methylphenidate increases the control of delayed reward over their behavior.
Ravenous
Definition:
(a.) Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.
(a.) Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire.
Example Sentences:
(1) Recent winners such as the Ravens, Giants, Packers and Steelers typically stayed away from free agents, and fans are catching on.
(2) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Baltimore Ravens NFL player Eugene Monroe.
(3) Suddenly the game seemed to be slipping away from the Ravens, matters going from bad to worse as Ray Rice fumbled at the Baltimore 24.
(4) Despite a cramping, high-concept production set in a psychiatric ward, Richardson gave us a Richard resembling a monstrous child whose ravening will had yet to be curbed by social custom.
(5) Sea raven AFP cDNA clones were isolated from a liver cDNA library using a synthetic oligonucleotide, and the identity of one of the clones, C2-1, was confirmed by hybridization selection and cell-free translation.
(6) We just don’t believe the argument or the rationale is strong enough to transcend what has been around for thousands of years.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jarica Jordan (right), Raven Knight (center) and a friend in downtown Fargo during the gay pride parade.
(7) Five feet of water filled his kitchen and downstairs in the building that also houses his architectural practice, Red Raven Design.
(8) The findings suggest that loss of intellectual capacity on the Raven's Matrices can be attributed to age.
(9) In the email Raven says she and her supporters have raised the £6,000 needed to launch phase one of the Spare Rib website in May but that an additional £20,000 is required to launch a bimonthly print magazine this autumn.
(10) Ravens 7 - 49ers 0, 10:36 1st quarter A big 3rd & 4 sees Flacco in the shotgon, then hitting Boldin to opening up the scoring in Super Bowl XLVII!
(11) This is the equivalent of the apes leaving the Tower of London, or the ravens quitting Gibraltar, or the other way round.
(12) Dr. Clara Raven, Deputy Medical Examiner of Wayne County testified before the committee because of her experience in dealing with many tragic deaths due to criminal abortions and child abuse and neglect due to unwanted pregnancy.
(13) Then Rice with a short run, an incomplete pass to Boldin and a little pass to Rice as the Ravens can't pick up a second first down on this drive and kick it away into the end zone.
(14) 3.31am GMT Ravens 34 - 49ers 29, 2:00 of 4th Quarter Warning, this Super Bowl has two minutes left!
(15) As mentioned, the Ravens were able to defeat the Broncos last year in overtime with a 47 yard field goal by Tucker.
(16) Alicia Keys handles the song, which was written near the shores of the Chesapeake Bay around the Baltimore Harbor, quite close to where the Ravens play their home games - coincidence?
(17) Speed of reaction (as defined by the reciprocal of reaction time (RT), movement time (MT) and total response time (TRT] and accuracy of response (as represented by the sum of errors in selecting the correct response key) were investigated comparatively as a function of side of lesion and of performance on Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices (PM47).
(18) Solution acceptance, as recorded for the different ravens on each test, was the percentage of preference shown for a test solution over water (comparison solution).
(19) At which point restraint becomes as powerful as the Seeds' ravenous beer-hall bluster; a ten-minute Stagger Lee is a masterclass in tension and drama, Cave balancing precariously on the crowd barrier with audience members holding him up by the boot-heel as he leans out to sing his tale of a deviant killer directly into the eyes of a hypnotised girl in white hoisted on someone's shoulders.
(20) @lengeldavid or by email at david.lengel.freelance@guardiannews.com Paolo's coverage of the exhausted Ravens and Broncos is over here.