GLOAT
Dictionary entry overview: What does gloat mean?
• GLOAT (noun)
The noun GLOAT has 1 sense:
1. malicious satisfaction
Familiarity information: GLOAT used as a noun is very rare.
• GLOAT (verb)
The verb GLOAT has 2 senses:
1. dwell on with satisfaction
2. gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy
Familiarity information: GLOAT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GLOAT (noun)
Meaning:
Malicious satisfaction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
gloat; gloating; glee
Hypernyms ("gloat" is a kind of...):
satisfaction (the contentment you feel when you have done something right)
• GLOAT (verb)
Meaning:
Dwell on with satisfaction
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
crow; gloat; triumph
Hypernyms (to "gloat" is one way to...):
blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt (show off)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gloat"):
congratulate; preen (pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue gloat
Sam and Sue gloat over the results of the experiment
Meaning:
Gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "gloat" is one way to...):
look (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue gloat over the results of the experiment
