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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Times columnist and editor Bill Boyarsky, and when I asked about his wife, Nancy, he gloated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2023
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
A British captain gloated over them, and made polite sounds of sympathy.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
