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- Dictionarygloat/ɡləʊt/
verb
- 1. dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure: "his enemies gloated over his death"
noun
- 1. an act of gloating: informal "I would join her for a good gloat"
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The meaning of GLOAT is to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight. How to use gloat in a sentence.
to feel or express great pleasure or satisfaction because of your own success or good luck, or someone else's failure or bad luck: gloat over/about She's continually gloating over/about her new job. I know I shouldn't gloat, but it really serves him right.
GLOAT meaning: 1. to feel or express great pleasure or satisfaction because of your own success or good luck, or…. Learn more.
If you gloat, you express great satisfaction at the misfortune of others. If your team scores a big win, it would be better not to gloat. Be happy for your win, but don't laugh at the other team's loss. Gloat seems have come from a Germanic word meaning "to stare."
Definition of gloat verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 meanings: 1. to dwell (on) with malevolent smugness or exultation 2. the act of gloating.... Click for more definitions.
Gloat definition: to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction. See examples of GLOAT used in a sentence.
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GLOAT meaning: to show in an improper or selfish way that you are happy with your own success or another person's failure.
Define gloat. gloat synonyms, gloat pronunciation, gloat translation, English dictionary definition of gloat. intr.v. gloat·ed , gloat·ing , gloats To feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction: Don't gloat over your rival's misfortune.
