gloated

past tense of gloat
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 Trump gloated over ABC's decision to suspend Kimmel and when he was eventually reinstated, slammed the network for bringing back his show. Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 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
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bragged
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  • The Broncos' defense looks like the unit that every member of that unit has bragged about to every reporter that came through Denver.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Loyd, Jackie Young and Chelsea Gray all bragged to Hammon on the championship podium that their plants are still alive — and ran with the metaphor all season of being planted, not buried.
    Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Gloated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloated. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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