gloating

Everyday

1. Gloating is showing that you are pleased about your own success or about someone else's bad luck, in a smug, unkind way. tree →
2. A gloating look or voice shows this nasty pleasure. tree →

In the lessons

In stories villains gloat when they think they have won; in PE and games lessons pupils learn that gloating is bad sportsmanship. Phrases: «gloat over», «gloat about», «stop gloating», «no gloating».

Examples

• Stop gloating, it was only a game. tree →
• The villain was gloating over his stolen treasure. tree →
• Good winners don't go round gloating. tree →
• He gave a gloating smile when I lost. tree →
• She was gloating about her new phone all day. tree →
• Gloating makes the other team feel worse. tree →
• The fox sat gloating at the trapped hen. tree →
• Our coach says: win nicely, no gloating. tree →
• Every day he went to look at it, and would sometimes spend long hours gloating over his treasure. tree →

Note

Regular verb: gloat, gloated, gloating. Gloating is different from being proud: pride can be quiet and kind, gloating rubs it in. Usually followed by «over» or «about».