| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  gl t |
| INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: gloat·ed, gloat·ing, gloats
To feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction: Don't gloat over your rival's misfortune. | | NOUN: | 1. The act of gloating. 2. A feeling of great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Perhaps of Scandinavian origin. See ghel-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | gloat er —NOUN
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