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gloat
(encz) | gloat,škodolibá radost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Gloat
(gcide) | Gloat \Gloat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gloating.] [Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G.
glotzen to gloat.]
To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with
passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
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2. To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously,
sometimes also triumphantly, in another's loss or
discomfort; -- usually in a bad sense.
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In vengeance gloating on another's pain. --Byron.
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gloat
(wn) | gloat
n 1: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating, glee]
v 1: dwell on with satisfaction [syn: gloat, triumph,
crow]
2: gaze at or think about something with great self-
satisfaction, gratification, or joy |
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gloat
(encz) | gloat,škodolibá radost n: Zdeněk Brož |
gloating
(encz) | gloating, n: |
gloatingly
(encz) | gloatingly, |
Gloated
(gcide) | Gloat \Gloat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gloating.] [Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G.
glotzen to gloat.]
To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with
passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
[1913 Webster]
2. To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously,
sometimes also triumphantly, in another's loss or
discomfort; -- usually in a bad sense.
[1913 Webster]
In vengeance gloating on another's pain. --Byron.
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Gloating
(gcide) | Gloat \Gloat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gloating.] [Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G.
glotzen to gloat.]
To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with
passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
[1913 Webster]
2. To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously,
sometimes also triumphantly, in another's loss or
discomfort; -- usually in a bad sense.
[1913 Webster]
In vengeance gloating on another's pain. --Byron.
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gloat
(wn) | gloat
n 1: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating, glee]
v 1: dwell on with satisfaction [syn: gloat, triumph,
crow]
2: gaze at or think about something with great self-
satisfaction, gratification, or joy |
gloating
(wn) | gloating
n 1: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating, glee] |
gloatingly
(wn) | gloatingly
adv 1: in a gloating manner; "he spoke gloatingly about people
he had cheated out of their money" |
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