Definition of Gloat

1. Noun. Malicious satisfaction.

Exact synonyms: Glee, Gloating
Generic synonyms: Satisfaction

2. Verb. Dwell on with satisfaction. "Sam and Sue gloat"
Exact synonyms: Crow, Triumph
Generic synonyms: Blow, Bluster, Boast, Brag, Gas, Gasconade, Shoot A Line, Swash, Tout, Vaunt
Specialized synonyms: Congratulate, Preen
Derivative terms: Crow, Crowing, Gloating

3. Verb. Gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy. "Sam and Sue gloat over the results of the experiment"
Generic synonyms: Look
Derivative terms: Gloating

Definition of Gloat

1. v. i. To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice.

Definition of Gloat

1. Verb. To exhibit a conspicuous sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune. ¹

2. Noun. An act or instance of gloating. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gloat

1. to regard with great or excessive satisfaction [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gloat

glitters
glittery
glitz
glitzed
glitzes
glitzier
glitziest
glitzily
glitzing
glitzy
gloak
gloam
gloaming
gloamings
gloams
gloat (current term)
gloated
gloater
gloaters
gloating
gloatingly
gloats
glob
global
global aphasia
global climate change
global cooling
global coupling
global couplings
global dimming

Literary usage of Gloat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1885)
"Sent eh chroniclers gloat over t he •iy of his capture by Robert Bruce, and thi; defeat of his own countrymen as the tell how rhis king f.iree<l his ..."

2. An Elementary Latin Dictionary by Charlton Thomas Lewis, Hugh Macmaster Kingery (1918)
"... are [rutilus], to redden, make reddis/t • comae, L. — To redden, have a reddish gloat: Anna, ..."

3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"'о gloat, or GLOTE. To look very intently, with affection or desire ; supposed to be a corruption of ..."

4. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1876)
"vindictiveness, to shew that the writer desired the punishment of his enemies, in order to gloat over their pain. And, these things being so, we affirm that ..."

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