gloat
verb (used without object)
to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction.
has been gloating
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present perfect progressiveof gloat (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The London Times says so, and is or has been gloating over their failure.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 1864 by Various
John here," this was to Jimmy, "has been gloating ever since he came home with the paper.
From The Real Adventure by Raymond Moreau Crosby
