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Definition of gloat verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

gloat

 verb
verb
NAmE//ɡloʊt//
 
[intransitive] gloat (about/at/over something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they gloat
 
he / she / it gloats
 
past simple gloated
 
-ing form gloating
 
 
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to show that you are happy about your own success or someone else's failure, in an unpleasant way synonym crow She was still gloating over her rival's disappointment. Having lost a large percentage of the vote, they were in no position to gloat. I hope you haven't just come here to gloat.
gloating
 
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adjective a gloating lookSee gloat in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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