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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
fulfilling
ful·fil·ling [fulfilling] BrE [fʊlˈfɪlɪŋ] NAmE [fʊlˈfɪlɪŋ] adjective
causing sb to feel satisfied and useful
•a fulfilling experience
Opp: ↑unfulfilling
•I'm finding the work much more fulfilling now.
Synonyms:
satisfying
rewarding • pleasing • gratifying • fulfilling
These words all describe an experience, activity or fact that gives you pleasure because it provides sth you need or want.
satisfying • that gives you pleasure because it provides sth you need or want: ▪ It's satisfying to play a game really well.
rewarding • (of an experience or activity) that makes you happy because you think it is useful or important; worth doing: ▪ Nursing can be a very rewarding career.
pleasing • (rather formal) that gives you pleasure, especially to look at, hear or think about: ▪ It was a simple but pleasing design.
gratifying • (formal) that gives you pleasure, especially because it makes you feel that you have done well: ▪ It is gratifying to see such good results.
fulfilling • (of an experience or activity) that makes you happy, because it makes you feel your skills and talents are being used: ▪ I'm finding the work much more fulfilling now.
satisfying, rewarding or fulfilling?
Almost any experience, important or very brief, can be satisfying. Rewarding and fulfilling are used more for longer, more serious activities, such as jobs or careers. Satisfying and fulfilling are more about your personal satisfaction or happiness; rewarding is more about your sense of doing sth important and being useful to others.
a satisfying/rewarding/gratifying/fulfilling experience/feeling
(a) satisfying/rewarding/fulfilling job/career/work
to find sth satisfying/rewarding/pleasing/gratifying
Example Bank:
•The work I'm doing at the moment is not very fulfilling.
•All in all, it's been an extremely rewarding/fulfilling career.
•I'm finding the work much more fulfilling now.
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