All 6 Uses of
gratification
in
Gone with the Wind
- Spoiled, careless Scarlett who had never known an ungratified wish except where Ashley was concerned.†
Chpt 3.29ungratified = not satisfiedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in ungratified means not and reverses the meaning of gratified. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- I don't know when I've ever heard anything so gratifying.†
Chpt 4.34 *gratifying = pleasurable
- He would have enjoyed gratifying the foolish notions of some soft little person and scolding her lovingly for her stupidity and extravagance.†
Chpt 4.36
- Rhett never presumed on these conversations but stood by, exuding fatherly pride and gratification at the notice taken of his daughter.†
Chpt 5.52
- She had Gerald's sudden temper to which she gave vent in screaming tantrums that were forgotten as soon as her wishes were gratified.†
Chpt 5.52gratified = gave or received what was desired; or pleased
- And as long as her father was near her, they were always gratified hastily.†
Chpt 5.52
Definition:
great satisfaction (pleasure)