Gloat

What do we mean by gloat?

To feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction. intransitive verb

The act of gloating. noun

A feeling of great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction. noun

A local English name for a variety of eel, of medium size and dark color. noun

To cast a sidelong glance or ray; look furtively.

To stare; gaze intently; specifically, to dwell or ponder with pleasure, as upon something that gratifies an evil passion or a corrupt propensity: as, to gloat over the corpse of an enemy; to gloat upon a lascivious spectacle; to gloat over the ruin of a rival.

Synonyms 2. Gaze, etc. See stare.

To convey by a look or a glance.

To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with passionate desire, lust, or avarice. intransitive verb

To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously, sometimes also triumphantly, in another's loss or discomfort; -- usually in a bad sense. intransitive verb

To exhibit a conspicuous sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune. verb

An act or instance of gloating. noun

Dwell on with satisfaction verb

Gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy verb

Malicious satisfaction noun

An act or instance of gloating.

Words that are spelled similarly to gloat:
gloat, float, gloam, goat, bloat, groat, glat, glout, gloar, glost, sloat, glot, ploat, gloa.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word gloat:
victory, how, once.

Words that rhyme with gloat:
note, boat, coat, promote, anecdote, float, quote, denote, goat, remote, rote, throat, vote, antidote, tote, mote, wrote, haute, devote, dote, moat, cote, connote, scapegoat, afloat, keynote, smote, bloat, oat, asymptote, choate, stoat, footnote, groat, demote, creosote, petticoat, shoat, cutthroat, turncoat, roat, showboat, overcoat, scoat, capote, stote, raincoat, hote, tugboat, sailboat, redcoat, banknote, rowboat, blote, frote, lifeboat, shote, motorboat, steamboat, billy goat, sore throat, grote, kote, unquote, undercoat, gunboat, speedboat, sloat, clote, houseboat, gravy boat, mountain goat, troat, riverboat, right to vote, trench coat, flote, towboat, promissory note, pote, powerboat, take note, ferryboat, outvote, misquote, bacote, underwrote, blue note, flatboat, root beer float, grace note, vogt, strep throat, sproat, fur coat, bank note, musical note, rewrote, frock coat, banana boat.

Adjectives that are often used to describe gloat:
little, good, last, long, private, formal, evil.

Consonant match to gloat:
glut, glout, glute, gleet, glatt.

Words that sound like gloat:
gloat, glowed, glut, glute, glot, glode, glit, gleet, glatt, glout, glat, glow, glad, goat, glide, glows, glade, glued, glo, glod, gloe, gloats, glid, gladd, gote, gleed, gloater, glose, gled, glied, gloyd, gloze, glede, glaad, glead, glud, glt, clit, clout, clot, cleat, clut, cleet, clat, klit, clute, klute, clet, klatt, clate, klett, clite, clote, claut, cloot, claught, kloot, klette, get, gate, gat, glaze, gait, geat, glassed, aglet, gla, gatt, gld, ghat, eaglet, gillet, gett, galoot, gilet, gaut, galette, glase, glay, gite, glast, gallet, ghit, gete, gitte, glaw, galit, glaus, geit, glaa, glatz, gallate, glah, aiglet, gaat, ghaut, -gate, galut, giet, galloot.