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gloating
(encz) | gloating, n: |
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.
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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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gloating
(wn) | gloating
n 1: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating, glee] |
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gloatingly
(encz) | gloatingly, |
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.
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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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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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