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verb (used without object)
1.
to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
noun
2.
an act or feeling of gloating.
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Gloating
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Origin:
1565–75; perhaps akin to Old Norse glotta to smile scornfully; compare German glotzen to stare
1565–75; perhaps akin to Old Norse glotta to smile scornfully; compare German glotzen to stare
Related forms
gloat·er, noun
gloat·ing·ly, adverb
un·gloat·ing, adjective
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gloat
1575, "to look at furtively," from O.N. glotta "smile scornfully," or M.H.G. glotzen "to stare, gloat." Sense of "to look at with malicious satisfaction" first recorded 1748.
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