gloating
the act of looking at or speaking or thinking about something with excessive, usually smug or malicious satisfaction: For all our gloating about how progressive we are on issues of race and sexual orientation, we lag behind on some other human rights issues.
looking at or speaking or thinking about something in this way: Asked about the protester's arrest, the mayor said with a gloating smile, "I wish him luck.”
Origin of gloating
1Other words from gloating
- gloat·ing·ly, adverb
- un·gloat·ing, adjective
Words Nearby gloating
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How to use gloating in a sentence
Team Christie has greeted the committee's news with somewhat predictable gloating.
Democrats Clear Christie In Bridgegate Investigation | Olivia Nuzzi | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDemocrats nationally were already gloating about the results on Tuesday night.
He stands over the body, gloating, and then demanding a full confession.
Game of Thrones’ 8 Most Gruesome Deaths: From The Mountain’s Exploding Head Kill to Rat Torture | Marlow Stern | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHakeemullah was later seen on tape gloating with the bomber over the plot.
Pakistani Taliban Leader Hakeemullah Mehsud Killed In U.S. Drone Strike | Bill Roggio | November 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter we finish laughing malevolently and gloating sometime in December, would it change things in the actual world?
The Blowout Scenario Following a Possible Obama Landslide | Michael Tomasky | October 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
When Lawrence came to, there were two guerrillas standing gloating over him.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnNor could he ever forget standing there in Sergeant McGinty's office while the sergeant did a bit of triumphant gloating.
The man only smiled, an evil and gloating smile, which Mr. Gryce thought it his duty to cut short.
The Circular Study | Anna Katharine GreenThis he actually forced me to do, gloating over my horror as I removed for him the traces of his cowardly crime.
The Czar's Spy | William Le QueuxNarth leaned forward, his face shining with the malice of his gloating.
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