gloat
verb (used without object)
to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction.
gloated
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past participleof gloat.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof gloat.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
gloatverb (used without object)to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction.
Example Sentences
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Hofstra University, better known for its scholarly conferences on presidents, recently convened one to celebrate the life of a baseball player who once gloated about making more money than a U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024
The crowd heckled people going in and took their photos in hopes of "outing" them, but rather than react with shame, the attendees gloated, smiled, and laughed.
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2023
I gloated and asked if he could debunk false claims made by his opponent.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 30, 2022
But in the fifth he was burned by good friend Ryan Mountcastle, who was in Harvey’s wedding and gloated with a text and phone call shorty after the game.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2022
“Isn't it fortuitous,” Lady Isobel gloated one night at supper, “that the prince has returned just in time to meet my most beautiful daughter?”
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
