Satisfy ˈsætɪsfaɪ Satisfied Adjective Verb Him—He's Complaining Proposed

• nothing satisfies him—he's always complaining.
• the proposed plan will not satisfy everyone.
• the food wasn't enough to satisfy his hunger.
• to satisfy somebody’s curiosity

satisfy

Word Family

• satisfaction noun (≠ dissatisfaction)
• satisfactory adjective (≠ unsatisfactory)
• satisfy verb
• satisfying adjective (≠ unsatisfying)
• satisfied adjective (≠ dissatisfied) (≠ unsatisfied)

Verb Forms

1. to make somebody pleased by doing or giving them what they want
• Nothing satisfies him—he's always complaining.
• The proposed plan will not satisfy everyone.
2. to provide what is wanted, needed or asked for
• The food wasn't enough to satisfy his hunger.
• to satisfy somebody’s curiosity
• The education system must satisfy the needs of all children.
• We cannot satisfy demand for the product.
• to satisfy a requirement/condition/criterion
• She failed to satisfy all the requirements for entry to the college.

Extra Examples

• Nothing could satisfy his desire for power.
• More and more games are produced to satisfy the public's appetite for online entertainment.
• It seemed that no amount of information would satisfy their curiosity.
• The owners were unable to satisfy all the demands of the workers.
• We could never satisfy all their requests
• Our hunger satisfied, we continued our journey.
3. to make somebody certain something is true or has been done
• Her explanation did not satisfy the teacher.
• People need to be satisfied of the need for a new system.
• Once I had satisfied myself (that) it was the right decision, we went ahead.
• All you have to do is satisfy the court he is not at risk.

Extra Examples

• She went to satisfy herself that the guests had everything they needed.
• He nodded, pretending to be satisfied by the answer.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French satisfier, formed irregularly from Latin satisfacere ‘to content’, from satis ‘enough’ + facere ‘make’.