GLOAT


Meaning of GLOAT in English

■ verb contemplate one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.

■ noun an act of ~ing.

Derivatives

~er noun

~ing adjective &noun

~ingly adverb

Origin

C16 (in the sense 'give a sideways or furtive look'): of uncertain origin; perh. related to ON glotta 'to grin' and Mid. High Ger. glotzen 'to stare'.

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