Gloating
['gləutiŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gloat
Typist: Penelope
Examples
- But as he sat gloating over me, I was supported by a scornful detestation of him that sealed my lips. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- What else was to be expected when he was enjoying our past misfortunes--gloating over them at the moment! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Xodar watched us with his grim smile, partly of amusement and partly malicious gloating. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- At the head of this assembly was a ponderous, dark-looking man, whose malign eye surveyed with gloating delight the stern looks of his followers. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Vito