gloat
gloat
Definition
gloat (glōt)
intransitive verb
to gaze or think with exultation or malicious pleasure: often with over
Etymology: prob. via dial. < OE *glotian or ON glotta, to grin scornfully, akin to Ger glotzen, E dial. glout, to stare < IE *ĝhlud- < base *ĝhel-, to shine > glow
noun
the act of gloating
gloat
Synonyms
gloat
Usage Examples
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.
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