SATISFYING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does satisfying mean? 

• SATISFYING (adjective)
  The adjective SATISFYING has 2 senses:

1. providing abundant nourishment

2. providing freedom from worry

  Familiarity information: SATISFYING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATISFYING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Providing abundant nourishment

Synonyms:

hearty; satisfying; solid; square; substantial

Context example:

four square meals a day

Similar:

wholesome (conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Providing freedom from worry

Synonyms:

cheering; comforting; satisfying

Similar:

satisfactory (giving satisfaction)

 Context examples 

A question about whether an individual feels or felt that life in general is less satisfying.

(Feel Life in General was Less Satisfying, NCI Thesaurus)

Dreams must be more substantial and satisfying.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Eating high-fibre foods is important when it comes to satisfying hunger, since these foods reduce snacking and therefore help control energy intake and promote healthier food choices.

(Researchers reveal potential of bread that suppresses appetite, University of Granada)

He replied with his accustomary mildness to all her inquiries, but without satisfying her in any.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Tormented, incited to hate, he was kept a prisoner so that there was no way of satisfying that hate except at the times his master saw fit to put another dog against him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

But a parish has wants and claims which can be known only by a clergyman constantly resident, and which no proxy can be capable of satisfying to the same extent.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Satisfying an established set of qualifying measures.

(Acceptable, NCI Thesaurus)

With vaseline upon one’s forehead, belladonna in one’s eyes, rouge over the cheek-bones, and crusts of beeswax round one’s lips, a very satisfying effect can be produced.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Ah, yes, of course! Well, a cheetah is just a big cat, and yet a saucer of milk does not go very far in satisfying its wants, I daresay. There is one point which I should wish to determine.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She enjoyed it heartily and found the applause of her boys more satisfying than any praise of the world, for now she told no stories except to her flock of enthusiastic believers and admirers.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)