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Webster 1913 Edition
Gloat
Gloat
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gloated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gloating
.] [Akin to Icel.
glotta
to smile scornfully, G. glotzen
to gloat.] To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
2.
To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously, sometimes also triumphantly, in another’s loss or discomfort; – usually in a bad sense.
In vengeance
gloating
on another's pain. Byron.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gloat
GLOAT
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
gloat
gloat
English
Alternative forms
Verb
gloat (third-person singular simple present gloats, present participle gloating, simple past and past participle gloated)
- To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
- To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel in
Translations
to exhibit a conspicuous sense of self-satisfaction
to triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel in
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Noun
gloat (plural gloats)
- An act or instance of gloating.
Translations
an act or instance of gloating
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