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gloat

gloat [ glōt ] (past and past participle gloat·ed, present participle gloat·ing, 3rd person present singular gloats)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
be smugly happy: to feel or express smug self-satisfaction about something such as an achievement, a possession, or somebody else's misfortune

[Late 16th century. Origin ?]

gloat noun
gloat·er noun
gloat·ing·ly adverb
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