Synonyms of gloating

gloating

verb

present participle of gloat

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.

Related Words

• bragging
• exulting
• rejoicing
• glorying
• preening
• delighting
• swelling
• crowing
• jubilating
• triumphing
• boasting
• kvelling
• joying
• exuberating
• flaunting
• swaggering
• strutting
• parading
• showing off

Dissimilar Words

• weeping
• grieving
• lamenting
• regretting
• bemoaning
• bewailing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gloating

If a friend or colleague is suddenly competing with you for attention, or obnoxiously gloating about their accomplishments, remember that you’re allowed to stop participating in the comparison game. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026

The guards outside the Red Keep surrender, but inside – where the dragons cannot go – is another matter, and the two fight their way to the throne room, where a large contingent of men-at-arms and knights awaits, gloating. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

A lot of this was just gloating. — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026

But now ShinyHunters is gloating about breaking back in. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026

The gloating tones were not unlike those of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth describing the fate of Iranians under American bombardment. — Max Hastings, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026

Following a violent clash that Saturday, group members circulated videos of Lang being dragged into a mob and struck over the head, gloating over the images as evidence that their counterprotest had been effective. — Christina Buttons, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026

No wonder Newsom gloating after the Texas court decision came down. — Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 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