verb
to dwell on one's own success or another's misfortune with smugness or malignant pleasure
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It is not polite to gloat over someone else's misfortune.
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She couldn't help but gloat over her rival's failure.
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He's always gloating over his wins like he's better than everyone else.
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The sun seemed to gloat over the earth as it set in a blaze of colors.