gloaters
Poor sport triumphers
Gloaters are people who take smug satisfaction in their own success or another's misfortune.
The word carries contempt—gloating is considered poor sportsmanship and socially graceless: The gloaters in the office couldn't stop mentioning their bonuses.
Nobody likes a gloater.
People who boast excessively
- show-offsPeople who flaunt abilities
- blowhardsSelf-important loud talkers
- swaggerersBoastful, cocky walkers
- braggersPeople who flaunt achievements
grandstanders · egotists · loudmouths · hotshots · windbags · know-it-alls · bigmouths · pontificators
Pleasure from one's achievements
- smirkingSmiling with smugness
- preeningGrooming with vanity
- self-congratulatorySmugly satisfied with oneself
- complacencyUncritical satisfaction with oneself
superiority · condescension · self-righteous · prideful · cocky · grinning · sneering · strutting
Causing mild frustration
- insufferableImpossible to put up with
- obnoxiousExtremely disagreeable in manner
- unbearableImpossible to endure
- infuriatingCausing extreme anger
exasperating · detestable · irksome · aggravating · grating · tiresome · intolerable · off-putting
Intent to cause harm
- spitePetty malicious intent
- relishKeen pleasurable appreciation
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- derisionContemptuous mockery
glee · delight · cruelty · sadism · malevolence · pleasure · joy · satisfaction
Defeating an opponent
- winningAchieving victory
- successFavorable outcome attained
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- jubilationIntense, expressive happiness
glory · exultation · elation · celebration · champion · dominance · supremacy · vindication
Unsuccessful competitors
- rivalsThose who compete
- enemiesHostile opposing parties
- opponentsThose who compete against
- underdogsCompetitors expected to fail
defeated · humiliated · vanquished · fallen · victims · failures · also-rans · runner-ups
braggarts
People who boast excessively
- show-offsPeople who flaunt abilities
- blowhardsSelf-important loud talkers
- swaggerersBoastful, cocky walkers
braggers · grandstanders · egotists · loudmouths · hotshots · windbags · know-it-alls · bigmouths · pontificators · one-uppers
self-satisfaction
Pleasure from one's achievements
- smirkingSmiling with smugness
- preeningGrooming with vanity
- self-congratulatorySmugly satisfied with oneself
complacency · superiority · condescension · self-righteous · prideful · cocky · grinning · sneering · strutting · basking
irritating
Causing mild frustration
- insufferableImpossible to put up with
- obnoxiousExtremely disagreeable in manner
- unbearableImpossible to endure
infuriating · exasperating · detestable · irksome · aggravating · grating · tiresome · intolerable · off-putting · repellent
malice
Intent to cause harm
derision · glee · delight · cruelty · sadism · malevolence · pleasure · joy · satisfaction · vindictiveness
victory
Defeating an opponent
jubilation · glory · exultation · elation · celebration · champion · dominance · supremacy · vindication · crushing
losers
Unsuccessful competitors
underdogs · defeated · humiliated · vanquished · fallen · victims · failures · also-rans · runner-ups · competition
- bad sportssore losers, cheaters, bad winners, ball hogs
gloaterssympathizers
Those favoring a cause
comforters · consolers · commiserators · empathizers · encouragers