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   gloat

   /ɡləʊt/

   verb

   • 1. dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure: "his enemies gloated over his death"

   noun

   • 1. an act of gloating: informal "I would join her for a good gloat"

   Word 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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   • 1. gloater noun

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   What does gloating mean?

   • If someone is gloating, they are showing pleasure at their own success or at other people's failure in an arrogant and unpleasant way. He had never been a malicious man, certainly not one to gloat over the tragedies of others. [VERB + over] This is nothing to gloat about. [VERB + about] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What does it mean when someone gloats?

   • When someone gloats, they express self-satisfaction in a way that negatively affects another, often in response to that other person's misfortune. Bragging and boasting are similar, as they involve talking about one's accomplishments or possessions, but gloating carries a negative connotation due to its impact on others.

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   What does it mean if a team gloats?

   • If you gloat, you express great satisfaction at the misfortune of others. If your team scores a big win, it would be better not to gloat. Be happy for your win, but don't laugh at the other team's loss. Gloat seems have come from a Germanic word meaning "to stare."

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   Why do people gloat?

   • Gloat seems have come from a Germanic word meaning "to stare." Somehow people may have gotten the sense that whoever was doing the staring was also taking a deep and unwholesome pleasure in whatever he or she was seeing. Think about people staring and pointing and laughing. Sometimes you gloat when someone has rejected the help you have offered.

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     to feel or express great pleasure or satisfaction because of...

   • Znaczenie Gloat, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     GLOAT definicja: 1. to feel or express great pleasure or...

   • Gloat: French Translation

     GLOAT translate: jubiler, jubiler, prendre un malin plaisir...

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     GLOAT translate: злорадствовать . Learn more in the...

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     gloat translate: มองด้วยความพึงพอใจ. Learn more in the...

   • Gloat: Polish Translation

     gloat translate: triumfować, chełpić się, napawać się. Learn...

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     gloat translate: sich weiden. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Gloat Spanish Translation

     GLOAT translate: regodearse, refocilarse, presumir,...

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   If you gloat, you express great satisfaction at the misfortune of others. If your team scores a big win, it would be better not to gloat. Be happy for your win, but don't laugh at the other team's loss.

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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, and usage of the verb and noun gloat, which means to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction. See examples of gloat in sentences and its word history and etymology.

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   noun. Word origin. C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse glotta to grin, Middle High German glotzen to stare. gloat in American English. (gloʊt ) verb intransitive. 1. to gaze or think with exultation or malicious pleasure. often with over. noun. 2.

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    Gloat definition: to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction. See examples of GLOAT used in a sentence.