gloat
- IPA[ɡlōt]
美式
- contemplate or dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure
- an act of gloating
verb: gloat, 3rd person present: gloats, gerund or present participle: gloating, past tense: gloated, past participle: gloated
noun: gloat, plural noun: gloats
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. contemplate or dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure his enemies gloated over his death
名詞
- 1. informal an act of gloating I would join her for a good gloat
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ɡləʊt]
英式
- dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure: his enemies gloated over his death
- an act of gloating: I would join her for a good gloat
Oxford Dictionary