verb
- to feel or express great pleasure or satisfaction about one’s own success or another’s misfortune
Usage: past tense of gloat
Examples
- He gloated over his victory in the chess match.
- She gloated about getting the promotion her colleague wanted.
- The rival team gloated after winning the championship.
- Don’t gloat about your good grades when others are struggling.
- He gloated silently as his prediction came true.
- The villain gloated over the hero’s defeat.
- She couldn’t help but gloat when her ex-boyfriend’s new relationship failed.