gloat

Preposition: about

• victory: First off I would just like to gloat about another stunning victory over the stupidity of the evil Sainsburys empire.
• result: Having played Inter Milan less than forty-eight hours ago, I could hardly miss the opportunity to gloat about the result.

Object

• joy: We don't care who wins and in many cases would feel a thrill of gloating joy if the English team lost.

Preposition: over

• incident: Our enemies are gloating over this incident and using it everywhere to misrepresent our whole nation.
• death: The Sun gloat over the death of an innocent man.
• downfall: The Phone In was flooded with calls - mostly from Scots fans gloating over the downfall of the old enemy.

Modifying Another Word

• about: He gloats about how Islamic suicide bombers murdered Spanish commuters in Madrid.
• much: Those of us who had, tried not to gloat too much.
• n't: Joan is listening, but for once she is n't gloating.
• not: I think we got the best week of snow all season ( not gloating, honestly ).
• just: He may not have liked Dr. Kelly that much, but isn't this taking gloating just a little too far?
• publicly: He often publicly gloats about getting the photos up on Redwatch.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• over: He seemed a real nice guy, concerned with his own failures rather than gloating over his then position of Top Scorer.

Used with why or when

• when: Almost half said their partner is a " know all " and gloats when winning.

Particle object:

• misfortune: They are condemned for malice, greed and pride, for gloating over the misfortunes of other people and other nations.