as in bragged
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 gloated
One sophomore came up to Grove in the cafeteria, grabbed the athletic director’s shoulders, and gloated.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
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 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.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
None sought headlines or fame or gloated in press coverage.
—Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
In June, a livestream of UCLA’s graduation paused on a graduate who gloated for the camera about ChatGPT ostensibly doing his final exams for him.
—Lindsey Witmer Collins, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Luca Evans, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
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 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.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Nov. 2025
None sought headlines or fame or gloated in press coverage.
—Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
In June, a livestream of UCLA’s graduation paused on a graduate who gloated for the camera about ChatGPT ostensibly doing his final exams for him.
—Lindsey Witmer Collins, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloated
bragged
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The officer who rammed Martinez’s car and shot her multiple times — and bragged about it in his text messages — was allowed to leave the state and repair the car involved in the incident.—
Edwin C. Yohnka,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Proctor bragged about properly hydrating himself before practice, which is something past and present Dolphins coaches and trainers annually lecture the newcomers about to avoid dehydration, and the use of intravenous fluids.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2026
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“Gloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloated. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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