as in to brag
to show in an improper or selfish way that you are happy with your own success or another person's failure
After such a tough campaign, they're gloating over their victory in the election. All right, you won. There's no need to gloat about it.
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Recent Examples of gloat
The politician has publicly gloated over Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show coming to an end next May, celebrated Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, and then raged over his return to TV screens, and suggested that Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show also come to an end, too.
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
The same 60 Minutes that Trump bellowed against and sued over edits to a sit-down with Kamala Harris last year — a lawsuit that held up David Ellison‘s $8 billion purchase of Paramount until a $16 million payout was handed over to a gloating POTUS.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2025
None sought headlines or fame or gloated in press coverage.
—Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
There was inevitable goading of some players, gloating after two days when a historic lead had been opened up, and eventual victory.
—Kevin Coulson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
The same 60 Minutes that Trump bellowed against and sued over edits to a sit-down with Kamala Harris last year — a lawsuit that held up David Ellison‘s $8 billion purchase of Paramount until a $16 million payout was handed over to a gloating POTUS.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2025
None sought headlines or fame or gloated in press coverage.
—Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
There was inevitable goading of some players, gloating after two days when a historic lead had been opened up, and eventual victory.
—Kevin Coulson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloat
brag
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Putin has bragged that Oreshnik's multiple warheads plunge at rates of up to ten times the speed of sound and can't be intercepted, and that several of them used in a conventional strike could be as devastating as a nuclear attack.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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But is that really something to brag about?—
Jay Reddick,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Gloat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloat. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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