gloat
To exhibit a conspicuous pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an…To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
» It's a bit too early to gloat.
Ещё слишком рано злорадствовать.
Meaning
2 sensesTo exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
You did well to win the game, but there's no need to gloat about it.
hämisch freuen, sich weiden, sich diebisch freuen
злорадствоватьzloradstvovatʹ
To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.
sich brüsten, großtun, angeben
- dwell on with satisfaction
- gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy
Examples
6 sentencesIt's a bit too early to gloat.
ruЕщё слишком рано злорадствовать.
Let's not gloat.
ruДавайте не будем радоваться.
I’m trying not to gloat too much.
ruЯ стараюсь не слишком злорадствовать.
I don’t gloat when you lose — as long as you play.
The enemies will gloat when we fall, you fool!
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English *gloten, glouten, from Old Norse glotta (“to grin, smile scornfully”)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 dialectal Swedish glotta, glutta (“to peep”), Middle High German glutzen, glotzen (“to stare”), Modern German glotzen (“to gawk, goggle”).
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Forms
gloats, gloating, gloated, gloatedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle