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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Gloated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Gloating

[Akin to Icel.

glotta

to smile scornfully, G.

glotzen

to gloat.]

To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with passionate desire, lust, or avarice.

To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously, sometimes also triumphantly, in another’s loss or discomfort; – usually in a bad sense.

In vengeance

gloating

on another's pain.

Byron.

Verb.

To cast side glances; to stare with eagerness or admiration.