gloated
past simple and past participle ofgloat
gloat
verb[I]
uk/ɡləʊt/us/ɡloʊt/tofeelorexpressgreatpleasureorsatisfactionbecause ofyourownsuccessor goodluck, or someone else'sfailureorbadluck:
She'scontinuallygloatingover/abouther newjob.
IknowI shouldn't gloat, but it reallyserveshimright.
Hisenemieswerequickto gloatathishumiliation.
[+ speech]"This isourfourthvictoryin arow," he gloated.
Satisfied and complacent
- at one with the worldidiom
- be on to a good thingidiom
- buoyant
- complacency
- complacent
- complacently
- job satisfaction
- nicely
- pride
- rest
- rest onyourlaurelsidiom
- sate
- self-complacency
- self-complacent
- self-fulfilled
- self-fulfilment
- self-satisfaction
- thing
- triumphalism
- virtuously
Examplesofgloated
gloated
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
It may not have been destroyed; it may be secretlygloatedover in solitude somewhere.
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He described it, revelled in it andgloatedover it, yet we heard not one whit about what he would do about it.
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Hegloatedabout what is happening in the stock market.
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We want to be told the whole truth, but we do not want to begloatedover.
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The pioneers of electricitygloatedover the impending doom of gas.
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They havegloatedover these matters, and the miseries to which the country may be subjected.
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Here was an opportunity for the coalowners of this country to show real harmonious cooperation, and they came along and secured their full pound of flesh, andgloatedover it.
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In it, hegloatedover the play being kept from performance and stated that the government did not accept the play.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Those who knew him well said that hegloatedin honors.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.If so, what malevolent assembly concocted these plans andgloatedover their exposition?
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- thought-leadership
- thoughtless
- thoughtlessly
- thoughtlessness
- thought out
- thought-out
- thought-police
- thought process
- thought-process
- thought-provoking
- thought-provoking
- thought-provoking book
- thousand
- thousandfold
- Thousand Island dressing
- thousand-island-dressing
- thousandth
- thrall
- thrash
- thrashed
- thrashing
- thrash metal
- thrash-metal
- thrash-out