Gloat
/ɡloʊt/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An act or instance of gloating.
"They spun wildly on their heels, jodelling after the accepted manner of a 'gloat,' which is not unremotely allied to the primitive man's song of triumph […]"
- 2 malicious satisfaction wordnet
Verb
- 1 To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
"You did well to win the game, but there's no need to gloat about it."
- 2 dwell on with satisfaction wordnet
- 3 To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.
- 4 gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy wordnet
Example
More examples"I’m trying not to gloat too much."
Etymology
From Middle English *gloten, glouten, from Old Norse glotta (“to grin, smile scornfully”) or Old English *glotian, both from Proto-Germanic *glutōną (“to stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shine”), related to dialectal Swedish glotta, glutta (“to peep”), Middle High German glutzen, glotzen (“to stare”), Modern German glotzen (“to gawk, goggle”).