crowed over
Gloated in triumph
To crow over someone or something is to gloat or boast triumphantly about a victory or success, often in a way that rubs it in: She crowed over her rival's defeat.
The image comes from a rooster crowing—loud, self-satisfied, impossible to ignore.
- gloatRelish superiority smugly
- rubbed it inEmphasized another's misfortune cruelly
- boastSpeak with excessive pride
- bragSpeak with excessive pride
- talked trashSpoke mockingly to rivals
celebrate · schadenfreude · sore winner · one-upmanship · victory · exult · taunting · in your face · revel · jubilant · joyous · smugness · triumph · elation · self-congratulation · peacock · show-off · satisfaction
social display behavior
crowed overdownplayed
Minimized the significance of
played down · shrugged off · minimized · underplayed · understated