gloat

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
2. To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.

Noun

An act or instance of gloating.

Conceptes

jactar-se

Sinònims

boast

glee

brag

crow

exult

gloating

triumph

😤

rejoice

Schadenfreude

stare

shoot a line

stare at

glow with self-satisfaction

be pleased

be engrossed in

bragging

contemplate

face

gaze

malevolence

malice

Traduccions

sich hämisch freuen

regarder fixement

jubiler

mit Lust anschauen

tripudiar

شمت

اشمت

أشم

weiden

اشم

entzückt sein

sich’s wohl sein lassen

Schadenfreude empfinden

sich freuen

brüsten

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ɡloʊt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: *gloten

Heretat de anglès antic: *glotian

Cognat amb suec: glotta

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: glutzen

Cognat amb alemany: glotzen

In summary

From Middle English *gloten, glouten, from Old Norse glotta (“to grin, smile scornfully”) or Old English *glotian, both from Proto-Germanic *glutōną (“to stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shine”), related to dialectal Swedish glotta, glutta (“to peep”), Middle High German glutzen, glotzen (“to stare”), Modern German glotzen (“to gawk, goggle”).