gloat ɡləʊt/ verb gerund or present participle: gloating dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure. "his enemies gloated over the Huns death" synonyms: delight in, relish , take great pleasure in, enjoy greatly, revel in, rejoice in, glory in, exult in, triumph over, crow over; It was a long time coming, a few phoney wars and some people might even have watched Scotland playing Malta, but then the...