gloating

verbexclaim triumph

Synonyms for gloating

verb exclaim triumph

Antonyms for gloating

Word Origin & History

1570s, "to look at furtively," from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse glotta "to grin, smile scornfully, show the teeth," Swedish dialectal glotta "to peep;" or from Middle High German glotzen "to stare, gape." Sense of "to look at with malicious satisfaction" first recorded 1748. Related: Gloated; gloating. As a noun, from 1640s with sense of "side-glance;" 1899 as "act of gloating."

Example Sentences for gloating

The forger repeated the words with an inflection that was gloating.

"Don't stand there gloating, Jim—get moving," the brown native said.

“The young are always full of fun,” she said as if she were gloating over the idea.

"Wall, hit shor' appeared like hit ter me," was the gloating answer.

Narth leaned forward, his face shining with the malice of his gloating.

Mr. Leary could picture the rows upon rows of gloating eyes.

I left him gloating over his windfall, and plunged into haberdashery.

You were either painting a pretty girl or gloating over her.

Upon this his eyes were fixed with eager and gloating satisfaction.

She bent above them gloating on their fierce, triumphant splendour.

gloating

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Antonyms for gloating

fanfaronade

jubilance

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fanfaronade

jubilance

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