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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
gloat
    n 1: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating, glee]
    v 1: dwell on with satisfaction [syn: gloat, triumph,
         crow]
    2: gaze at or think about something with great self-
       satisfaction, gratification, or joy

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gloat \Gloat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gloated; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Gloating.] [Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G.
   glotzen to gloat.]
   To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with
   passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
   [1913 Webster]

   2. To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously,
      sometimes also triumphantly, in another's loss or
      discomfort; -- usually in a bad sense.
      [1913 Webster]

            In vengeance gloating on another's pain. --Byron.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for gloat:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bore, crane, crane the neck, crow, crow over, delight, delight in, exult, exult in, eye, gape, gaup, gawk, gaze, gaze open-mouthed, glare, gloat over, glory, glory in, goggle, joy, jubilate, look, ogle, peer, revel in, stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at, stare down, stare hard, triumph
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