gratified

delighted

dɪˈlʌɪtɪd

adjective

feeling or showing great pleasure.

a delighted smile

very pleased,glad,happy,joyful,thrilled,overjoyed,ecstatic,euphoric,elated,blissful,enraptured,on cloud nine/seven,walking on air,in seventh heaven,in transports of delight,jumping for joy,beside oneself with happiness,excited,enchanted,charmed,entertained,gratified,amused,diverted,like a child with a new toy,gleeful,triumphant,cock-a-hoop,enchanté,over the moon,tickled pink,like a dog with two tails,as pleased as Punch,on top of the world,on a high,as happy as Larry,blissed out,sent,chuffed,made up,as happy as a clam,wrapped

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content

kənˈtɛnt

adjective

in a state of peaceful happiness.

he seemed more content, less bitter

contented,satisfied,pleased,gratified,fulfilled,happy,cheerful,cheery,glad,delighted,tranquil,unworried,untroubled,at ease,at peace,comfortable,serene,placid,complacent

verb

satisfy (someone).

nothing would content her apart from going off to Barcelona

soothe,pacify,placate,appease,please,mollify,make happy,satisfy,still,silence,quieten,quiet

noun

a state of satisfaction.

the greater part of the century was a time of content

contentment,contentedness,satisfaction,fulfilment,happiness,pleasure,cheerfulness,gladness,gratification,ease,comfort,restfulness,well-being,peace,equanimity,serenity,tranquillity,placidity,placidness,repletion,complacency,self-content

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complacent

kəmˈpleɪs(ə)nt

adjective

showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one’s achievements.

you can’t afford to be complacent about security

smug,self-satisfied,pleased with oneself,proud of oneself,self-approving,self-congratulatory,self-admiring,self-regarding,gloating,triumphant,proud,pleased,gratified,satisfied,content,contented,careless,slack,lax,lazy,I’m-all-right-Jack,wisenheimer,shit-eating

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