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
No wonder Newsom gloating after the Texas court decision came down.
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
No wonder Newsom gloating after the Texas court decision came down.
—Thomas D. Elias, Oc Register, 25 Nov. 2025
Shapiro’s critics, including more left-wing, Israel-skeptical Democrats, would have gloated had he been defeated at home.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 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
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Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
No wonder Newsom gloating after the Texas court decision came down.
—Thomas D. Elias, Oc Register, 25 Nov. 2025
Shapiro’s critics, including more left-wing, Israel-skeptical Democrats, would have gloated had he been defeated at home.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloat
brag
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Shimko was a humble man who would never brag about himself or his achievements, always opting to look forward rather than to the past, said his mother, Sally Marshall.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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But now, some of us can channel our inner Ricky Bobby and brag about whose mascot reached glory before others.—
Stephen Wilder,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Gloat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloat. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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