gloat
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse glotta (“to grin scornfully”) or Middle High German glotzen. Cognate with German glotzen (“to gawk, to goggle”)[1].
[edit] Verb
gloat (third-person singular simple present gloats, present participle gloating, simple past and past participle gloated)
- To exhibit a conspicuous sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
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to exhibit a conspicuous sense of self-satisfaction
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[edit] Noun
gloat (plural gloats)
- An act or instance of gloating.
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an act or instance of gloating
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