| VERB | communication | gloat, triumph, crow | dwell on with satisfaction |
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| perception | gloat | gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy | |
| NOUN | feeling | gloat, gloating, glee | malicious satisfaction |
| Sounds | glow't | |
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| Rhymes | afloat ... zygote: 61 rhymes with owt... | |
| Meaning | malicious satisfaction. | |
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| Synonyms | gloating, glee | |
| Broader | satisfaction | The contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation |
| Spanish | refocilación, refocilo, regocijo, regodeo | |
| Verbs | gloat | dwell on with satisfaction |
| gloat | gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy | |
| Meaning | Dwell on with satisfaction. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | Sam and Sue gloat over the results of the experiment; Sam and Sue gloat | |
| Synonyms | triumph, crow | |
| Narrower | preen, congratulate | pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement |
| Broader | boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade | show off |
| Spanish | complacerse, deleitarse, jactarse, regodearse | |
| Catalan | jactar-se | |
| Nouns | gloat, gloating | malicious satisfaction |
| Meaning | gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | Sam and Sue gloat over the results of the experiment | |
| Broader | look | perceive with attention |
| Spanish | recrearse | |
| Nouns | gloat, gloating | malicious satisfaction |
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