crowing over
Boasting about victory
Crowing over is gloating or boasting triumphantly about a victory or someone else's misfortune.
The image comes from a rooster's triumphant call: He couldn't stop crowing over his promotion.
The phrase implies unseemly satisfaction—not just winning, but making sure others know it.
- schadenfreudeDelight in others' misfortune
- gloatingSmug triumph display
- rubbing it inEmphasizing another's failure repeatedly
- prideSatisfaction from one's achievements
- tauntingInsulting to provoke
trash talking · in your face · one-upmanship · vanquishing · rivalry · victory · victory lap · exultation · teasing · smugness · told you so · bragging · chest thumping · domination · flaunting · self-congratulation · belittling · putting down
success vs. failure experience
crowing overlamenting
Expressing passionate grief
eating humble pie · suffering in silence · grieving · sulking
victory response manner
crowing overletting it go