gloating
adjective
[ ˈɡləʊtɪŋ ]
• dwelling on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.
• "gloating accounts of his triumphs"
gloat
verb
• dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure.
• "his enemies gloated over his death"
Similar:
delight in,
relish,
take great pleasure in,
enjoy greatly,
revel in,
rejoice in,
glory in,
exult in,
triumph over,
crow over,
boast about,
brag about,
feel self-satisfied about,
be smug about,
congratulate oneself on,
preen oneself about,
pat oneself on the back about,
rub one's hands together,
rub it in,
pique oneself on,
Origin:
late 16th century: of unknown origin; perhaps related to Old Norse glotta ‘to grin’ and Middle High German glotzen ‘to stare’. The original sense was ‘give a sideways or furtive look’, hence ‘cast amorous or admiring glances’; the current sense dates from the mid 18th century.
