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gloat

 
pronunciation:
glot
part of speech: verb
inflections: gloats, gloating, gloated
definition: to feel or show pleasure when you have succeeded more than others or when someone else has failed at something.
Secretly, Maria gloated when her rich brother lost his money.
similar words:
brag
derivations: gloatingly (adv.), gloater (n.)