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    gloat
    [ɡlōt]
    verb
    gloat (verb) · gloats (third person present) · gloated (past tense) · gloated (past participle) · gloating (present participle)
    1. contemplate or dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure:
      "his enemies gloated over his death"
      Similar:
      delight in
      take great pleasure in
      enjoy greatly
      revel in
      rejoice in
      glory in
      exult in
      triumph over
      crow over
      boast about
      brag about
      feel self-satisfied about
      be smug about
      congratulate oneself on
      preen oneself about
      pat oneself on the back about
      rub one's hands together
      pique oneself on
    noun
    informal
    gloat (noun) · gloats (plural noun)
    1. an act of gloating:
      "I would join her for a good gloat"
    Origin
    late 16th century: of unknown origin; perhaps related to Old Norse glotta ‘to grin’ and Middle High German glotzen ‘to stare’. The original sense was ‘give a sideways or furtive look’, hence ‘cast amorous or admiring glances’; the current sense dates from the mid 18th century.
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