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GLOAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Malicious satisfaction
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("gloat" is a kind of...):
satisfaction (the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation)
Derivation:
gloat (dwell on with satisfaction)
gloat (gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they gloat ... he / she / it gloats
Past simple: gloated
Past participle: gloated
-ing form: gloating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dwell on with satisfaction
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "gloat" is one way to...):
blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt (show off)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gloat"):
congratulate; preen (pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence examples:
Sam and Sue gloat
Sam and Sue gloat over the results of the experiment
Derivation:
gloat; gloating (malicious satisfaction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "gloat" is one way to...):
look (perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue gloat over the results of the experiment
Derivation:
gloat; gloating (malicious satisfaction)
