gloat

Meanings

Verb

• To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
• To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.

Noun

• An act or instance of gloating.

Origin

• From Middle English *gloten, glouten, from Old Norse glotta ("to grin, smile scornfully") or Old English *glotian, both from Proto-Germanic *glutōną ("to stare"), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- ("to shine"), related to Swedish dialectal glotta, glutta, Middle High German glutzen, glotzen, Modern German glotzen.