gloat
verb (used without object)
to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction.
Example Sentences
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She exploits every scrap of ironic humor, as Richard gloatingly checkmates all who stand in her way.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2018
The biggest “cultural revolt” of the president’s tenure is what one British newspaper gloatingly called the latest French contretemps.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2011
Sometimes the crowds were gloatingly pro-American as the nation's athletes collected an overachieving 83 gold medals.
From Time Magazine Archive
The second half of the play satirizes a group of modern debunkers who skeptically visit St. Anthony's tomb, gloatingly find it empty.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was consternation darkening every expression, and Captain Black yawned deliciously, rubbed the last lethargy from his eyes and laughed gloatingly each time he told someone else to eat his liver.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
