as in bragging
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 gloating
Nina not being there contributed to one of the most irritating moments in this season so far, with Antonio smugly blowing a kiss into the camera for her and gloating about being in the top after her harsh critique last week.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Images of Labubus beamed malevolently from their packaging, as if gloating in their unreachability.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Images of Labubus beamed malevolently from their packaging, as if gloating in their unreachability.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloating
bragging
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His team describes their work as meaningful and worth bragging about.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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But a homeowner who nabbed a 3% mortgage in the low-interest years might still be bragging about it to the neighbors.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Gloating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloating. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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