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GLOAT
gloat, gloating, glee
(noun) malicious satisfaction
gloat, triumph, crow
(verb) dwell on with satisfaction
gloat
(verb) gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
gloat (third-person singular simple present gloats, present participle gloating, simple past and past participle gloated)
To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.
Noun
gloat (plural gloats)
An act or instance of gloating.
Anagrams
• LoTAG
Source: Wiktionary
Gloat, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloating.] Etym: [Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G. glotzen to gloat.]
Definition: To look steadfastly; to gaz In vengeance gloating on another's pain. Byron.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GREAT
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
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