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gloat

[ gloht ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction:

    The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.



noun

  1. an act or feeling of gloating.

gloat

/ É¡±ôəʊ³Ù /

verb

  1. introften foll byover to dwell (on) with malevolent smugness or exultation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act of gloating
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²µ±ô´Ç²¹³Ù¾±²Ô²µ±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ²µ±ô´Ç²¹³Ù±ð°ù, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gloat1

1565–75; perhaps akin to Old Norse glotta “to smile scornfullyâ€; compare German glotzen “to stareâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gloat1

C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse glotta to grin, Middle High German glotzen to stare
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Synonym Study

See glare 1.
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Example Sentences

Moscow has already gloated about the "splits" it sees in Western unity.

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The commander-in-chief gave himself one more honorific while gloating over the potential end of New York City's congestion pricing: king.

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On Sunday, it publicly gloated as Israeli forces carried out an agreed-upon pullback from a narrow, 4-mile long corridor that divides the south of Gaza from the heavily populated north.

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But even in supposed victory, his gloating found few echoes; the so-called War on Christmas, rather than ending in climactic struggle and triumph, seemed to just fade away from the national discourse.

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“A great day for America,†he gloated in the solicitation and on social media.“

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