gloat
[ gloht ]
/ gloʊt /
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verb (used without object)
to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
noun
an act or feeling of gloating.
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Origin of gloat
1565–75; perhaps akin to Old Norse glotta “to smile scornfully”; compare German glotzen “to stare”
synonym study for gloat
1. See glare1.
OTHER WORDS FROM gloat
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British Dictionary definitions for gloat
gloat
/ (ɡləʊt) /
verb
(intr often foll by over) to dwell (on) with malevolent smugness or exultation
noun
the act of gloating
Derived forms of gloat
gloater, noungloatingly, adverbWord Origin for gloat
C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse glotta to grin, Middle High German glotzen to stare
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