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gloating

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gloat  (glt)
intr.v. gloat·ed, gloat·ing, gloats
To feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction: Don't gloat over your rival's misfortune.
n.
1. The act of gloating.
2. A feeling of great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction.

[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

gloater n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gloatinggloating - malicious satisfaction              
satisfaction - the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation; "the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction"
Translations
gloating [ˈgləʊtɪŋ] ADJ with a gloating smilesonriendo satisfecho, con una sonrisa satisfecha
gloating
nSelbstgefälligkeit f; (over sb’s misfortune or failure) → Schadenfreude f; it wasn’t pleasant to listen to their gloatinges war kein Vergnügen, ihren selbstgefälligen Reden/schadenfrohen Bemerkungen zuzuhören; their gloating over their own successihre selbstgefällige Freude über ihren Erfolg
adj (= self-satisfied)selbstgefällig; (= malicious)hämisch, schadenfroh; he cast a gloating look at the moneyer weidete sich genüsslich am Anblick des Geldes


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This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplght gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore!
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore!
Intent on his prey, for a time he had stood over it, gloating.
 
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