gloat
verb (used without object)
to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction.
have been gloating
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present perfect progressiveof gloat.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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I have been gloating a little perhaps in taking them from you.'
From Alice Sit-By-The-Fire by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
