gloat over



gloat over something

to rejoice smugly over something; to be glad that something unfortunate has happened to someone else. He gloated over his good luck in a way that made all of us angry. Please don't gloat over my misfortune.

gloat over

v.
To feel or express great pleasure or self-satisfaction about something, especially smugly or maliciously: I wish you wouldn't gloat over winning that chess game.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Silvestersil-VES-tər (English)Dutch, English, Slovene, Slovak, German, Late Roman
Ashworth['æʃwɜ:θ]
Mariannemah-ree-AH-nə (German), MAH-ree-ahn-ne (Finnish)French, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Beatryczebe-ah-TRI-chePolish
Aysel-Turkish, Azerbaijani
Zuri-Eastern African, Swahili