Definition of gloat in English:

gloat

verb ɡləʊtɡloʊt

[no object]

Dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.
his enemies gloated over his death
Example sentencesExamples
- This helped me to be a great deal less judgmental and to avoid gloating at the misfortune of others.
- Had the consequences not been so tragic and desperately inhumane, we would have been excused for gloating.
- My company launched a woman's forum, newspapers gloated over successful women and hotels and boutiques offered discounts to lady patrons.
- While the Left Party is gloating over its unexpected election success, a grand coalition will go into action.
- Not gloating, but out of respect, we knew the enormity of what we had achieved.
- And, no, I didn't gloat or say anything mean about politics.
- Smiling to herself, she gloated silently in her triumph of being the first one in the kitchen; therefore having first dibs on all of the food.
- "You can't do anything, " she was already gloating over her victory.
- There may be those who are secretly gloating about all this.
- Of course one shouldn't forget about prizes and giving the winners an opportunity to gloat a bit!
- Marshall gloated with a big successful grin on his face.
- I could only imagine how much Claire was going to gloat over her sudden victory.
- I knew you knew it would work out this way but gloating like that is, well, just tacky.
- Sorry, but I just have to gloat a bit here.
- ‘Of course, it was from my help that you passed,’ he gloated with a big triumphant smile.
- But before gloating at their discomfort, the government has its own manifesto dilemma.
- But he is not gloating over his victory.
- I sneaked a glance over at him and gloated silently.
- No, I'm not gloating, because too much pain has been caused.
- He is too well-mannered to gloat openly although there is a suggestion of a gleam in his eyes.
Synonyms
delight in, relish, 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
informal rub it in
archaic pique oneself on

noun ɡləʊtɡloʊt

informal

An act of gloating.
I would join her for a good gloat
Example sentencesExamples
- Over him I'll allow myself this one little gloat.
- He did get the box down, so I could then have a quick gloat over all that loot I have up there, and will take years to get through.
- My low, glum eyebrow position immediately exploded into a gigantic gleeful gloat!
- There's something about us that when something pretty awful arises from computer errors, we have a quiet gloat!
- A disaster for the media, but worth a gloat from everyone else.
- As a passionate believer that we should keep the pound and stay out of the euro, I am allowed a short gloat.
- Every year, he dreads Christmas, because that's the time ‘when everyone who's ever left comes back for their annual gloat.’
- The flight coordinator could not contain the gloat as the aircraft lifted off to record another on-time take off.
- She didn't notice and flickered out with a gloat, only to flicker back again.
- I wonder why Richard didn't include this link in his recent gloat post?
- Now she's out via injury and I'm deprived a long and satisfying gloat.
- It has been gloat and counter-gloat, according to the news of the day.
- His pre-emptive gloat page was proven to be horribly incorrect and has now been removed from his website and archives.

Derivatives

gloater

noun

He is no gloater, but his team's 1-0 victory over his old employers clearly provided a day to savour.
Example sentencesExamples
- But contrary to what the left-wing gloaters who have not bothered to follow the story until last night are writing, I have never made such claims.
- Late last night, I took the time to read the 39-page report - something which, it is clear to me, most of the callous gloaters on the other side of this debate have not bothered to do.

gloatingly

adverbˈɡləʊtɪŋliˈɡloʊdɪŋli

It gloatingly screams that the two leaders have ‘acknowledged receipt of the amount with thanks’.
Example sentencesExamples
- She cedes custody of her boy to her first partner and gives up arguing with the gloatingly triumphant son, as he ferociously denounces her shortcomings as a mother.
- It turns out that if we confine ourselves to what the pundits gloatingly call ‘political reality’, the list isn't too spectacular.

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.

Rhymes

afloat, bloat, boat, capote, coat, connote, cote, dote, emote, float, goat, groat, misquote, moat, mote, note, oat, outvote, promote, quote, rote, shoat, smote, stoat, Succoth, table d'hôte, Terre Haute, throat, tote, vote, wrote

Definition of gloat in US English:

gloat

verbɡlōtɡloʊt

[no object]

Contemplate or dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.
his enemies gloated over his death
Example sentencesExamples
- Not gloating, but out of respect, we knew the enormity of what we had achieved.
- Sorry, but I just have to gloat a bit here.
- There may be those who are secretly gloating about all this.
- I could only imagine how much Claire was going to gloat over her sudden victory.
- But before gloating at their discomfort, the government has its own manifesto dilemma.
- And, no, I didn't gloat or say anything mean about politics.
- He is too well-mannered to gloat openly although there is a suggestion of a gleam in his eyes.
- My company launched a woman's forum, newspapers gloated over successful women and hotels and boutiques offered discounts to lady patrons.
- I sneaked a glance over at him and gloated silently.
- But he is not gloating over his victory.
- Had the consequences not been so tragic and desperately inhumane, we would have been excused for gloating.
- This helped me to be a great deal less judgmental and to avoid gloating at the misfortune of others.
- Smiling to herself, she gloated silently in her triumph of being the first one in the kitchen; therefore having first dibs on all of the food.
- I knew you knew it would work out this way but gloating like that is, well, just tacky.
- While the Left Party is gloating over its unexpected election success, a grand coalition will go into action.
- Marshall gloated with a big successful grin on his face.
- Of course one shouldn't forget about prizes and giving the winners an opportunity to gloat a bit!
- "You can't do anything, " she was already gloating over her victory.
- No, I'm not gloating, because too much pain has been caused.
- ‘Of course, it was from my help that you passed,’ he gloated with a big triumphant smile.
Synonyms
delight in, relish, take great pleasure in, enjoy greatly, revel in, rejoice in, glory in, exult in, triumph over, crow over

nounɡlōtɡloʊt

informal

An act of gloating.
Example sentencesExamples
- There's something about us that when something pretty awful arises from computer errors, we have a quiet gloat!
- He did get the box down, so I could then have a quick gloat over all that loot I have up there, and will take years to get through.
- My low, glum eyebrow position immediately exploded into a gigantic gleeful gloat!
- Now she's out via injury and I'm deprived a long and satisfying gloat.
- I wonder why Richard didn't include this link in his recent gloat post?
- She didn't notice and flickered out with a gloat, only to flicker back again.
- It has been gloat and counter-gloat, according to the news of the day.
- Every year, he dreads Christmas, because that's the time ‘when everyone who's ever left comes back for their annual gloat.’
- As a passionate believer that we should keep the pound and stay out of the euro, I am allowed a short gloat.
- Over him I'll allow myself this one little gloat.
- His pre-emptive gloat page was proven to be horribly incorrect and has now been removed from his website and archives.
- The flight coordinator could not contain the gloat as the aircraft lifted off to record another on-time take off.
- A disaster for the media, but worth a gloat from everyone else.

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.

单词	gloat
释义	Definition of gloat in English: gloat verb ɡləʊtɡloʊt [no object] Dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure. his enemies gloated over his death Example sentencesExamples This helped me to be a great deal less judgmental and to avoid gloating at the misfortune of others. Had the consequences not been so tragic and desperately inhumane, we would have been excused for gloating. My company launched a woman's forum, newspapers gloated over successful women and hotels and boutiques offered discounts to lady patrons. While the Left Party is gloating over its unexpected election success, a grand coalition will go into action. Not gloating, but out of respect, we knew the enormity of what we had achieved. And, no, I didn't gloat or say anything mean about politics. Smiling to herself, she gloated silently in her triumph of being the first one in the kitchen; therefore having first dibs on all of the food. "You can't do anything, " she was already gloating over her victory. There may be those who are secretly gloating about all this. Of course one shouldn't forget about prizes and giving the winners an opportunity to gloat a bit! Marshall gloated with a big successful grin on his face. I could only imagine how much Claire was going to gloat over her sudden victory. I knew you knew it would work out this way but gloating like that is, well, just tacky. Sorry, but I just have to gloat a bit here. ‘Of course, it was from my help that you passed,’ he gloated with a big triumphant smile. But before gloating at their discomfort, the government has its own manifesto dilemma. But he is not gloating over his victory. I sneaked a glance over at him and gloated silently. No, I'm not gloating, because too much pain has been caused. He is too well-mannered to gloat openly although there is a suggestion of a gleam in his eyes. Synonyms delight in, relish, 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 informal rub it in archaic pique oneself on noun ɡləʊtɡloʊt informal An act of gloating. I would join her for a good gloat Example sentencesExamples Over him I'll allow myself this one little gloat. He did get the box down, so I could then have a quick gloat over all that loot I have up there, and will take years to get through. My low, glum eyebrow position immediately exploded into a gigantic gleeful gloat! There's something about us that when something pretty awful arises from computer errors, we have a quiet gloat! A disaster for the media, but worth a gloat from everyone else. As a passionate believer that we should keep the pound and stay out of the euro, I am allowed a short gloat. Every year, he dreads Christmas, because that's the time ‘when everyone who's ever left comes back for their annual gloat.’ The flight coordinator could not contain the gloat as the aircraft lifted off to record another on-time take off. She didn't notice and flickered out with a gloat, only to flicker back again. I wonder why Richard didn't include this link in his recent gloat post? Now she's out via injury and I'm deprived a long and satisfying gloat. It has been gloat and counter-gloat, according to the news of the day. His pre-emptive gloat page was proven to be horribly incorrect and has now been removed from his website and archives. Derivatives gloater noun He is no gloater, but his team's 1-0 victory over his old employers clearly provided a day to savour. Example sentencesExamples But contrary to what the left-wing gloaters who have not bothered to follow the story until last night are writing, I have never made such claims. Late last night, I took the time to read the 39-page report - something which, it is clear to me, most of the callous gloaters on the other side of this debate have not bothered to do. gloatingly adverbˈɡləʊtɪŋliˈɡloʊdɪŋli It gloatingly screams that the two leaders have ‘acknowledged receipt of the amount with thanks’. Example sentencesExamples She cedes custody of her boy to her first partner and gives up arguing with the gloatingly triumphant son, as he ferociously denounces her shortcomings as a mother. It turns out that if we confine ourselves to what the pundits gloatingly call ‘political reality’, the list isn't too spectacular. 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. Rhymes afloat, bloat, boat, capote, coat, connote, cote, dote, emote, float, goat, groat, misquote, moat, mote, note, oat, outvote, promote, quote, rote, shoat, smote, stoat, Succoth, table d'hôte, Terre Haute, throat, tote, vote, wrote Definition of gloat in US English: gloat verbɡlōtɡloʊt [no object] Contemplate or dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure. his enemies gloated over his death Example sentencesExamples Not gloating, but out of respect, we knew the enormity of what we had achieved. Sorry, but I just have to gloat a bit here. There may be those who are secretly gloating about all this. I could only imagine how much Claire was going to gloat over her sudden victory. But before gloating at their discomfort, the government has its own manifesto dilemma. And, no, I didn't gloat or say anything mean about politics. He is too well-mannered to gloat openly although there is a suggestion of a gleam in his eyes. My company launched a woman's forum, newspapers gloated over successful women and hotels and boutiques offered discounts to lady patrons. I sneaked a glance over at him and gloated silently. But he is not gloating over his victory. Had the consequences not been so tragic and desperately inhumane, we would have been excused for gloating. This helped me to be a great deal less judgmental and to avoid gloating at the misfortune of others. Smiling to herself, she gloated silently in her triumph of being the first one in the kitchen; therefore having first dibs on all of the food. I knew you knew it would work out this way but gloating like that is, well, just tacky. While the Left Party is gloating over its unexpected election success, a grand coalition will go into action. Marshall gloated with a big successful grin on his face. Of course one shouldn't forget about prizes and giving the winners an opportunity to gloat a bit! "You can't do anything, " she was already gloating over her victory. No, I'm not gloating, because too much pain has been caused. ‘Of course, it was from my help that you passed,’ he gloated with a big triumphant smile. Synonyms delight in, relish, take great pleasure in, enjoy greatly, revel in, rejoice in, glory in, exult in, triumph over, crow over nounɡlōtɡloʊt informal An act of gloating. Example sentencesExamples There's something about us that when something pretty awful arises from computer errors, we have a quiet gloat! He did get the box down, so I could then have a quick gloat over all that loot I have up there, and will take years to get through. My low, glum eyebrow position immediately exploded into a gigantic gleeful gloat! Now she's out via injury and I'm deprived a long and satisfying gloat. I wonder why Richard didn't include this link in his recent gloat post? She didn't notice and flickered out with a gloat, only to flicker back again. It has been gloat and counter-gloat, according to the news of the day. Every year, he dreads Christmas, because that's the time ‘when everyone who's ever left comes back for their annual gloat.’ As a passionate believer that we should keep the pound and stay out of the euro, I am allowed a short gloat. Over him I'll allow myself this one little gloat. His pre-emptive gloat page was proven to be horribly incorrect and has now been removed from his website and archives. The flight coordinator could not contain the gloat as the aircraft lifted off to record another on-time take off. A disaster for the media, but worth a gloat from everyone else. 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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