gloating
Triumphant self-congratulation shown
Gloating is taking excessive, often smug satisfaction in one's own success or another's misfortune.
The pleasure comes partly from making sure others notice: She couldn't resist gloating over her promotion.
To gloat is to indulge in this self-congratulatory display: He gloated about winning the bet for weeks.
Defeating an opponent
- winningAchieving victory
- schadenfreudeDelight in others' misfortune
- successFavorable outcome attained
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
dominance · supremacy · jubilation · exultation · satisfaction · glory · celebration · champion
Petty malicious intent
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- schadenfreudeDelight in others' misfortune
- sadismPleasure from inflicting pain
- vindictivenessDisposition toward retaliation
ill-will · nastiness · meanness · taunting · mockery · derision · sneering · jeering
Pleasure from one's achievements
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
- smirkPleased, superior smile
- sneerScornful expression
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
arrogance · condescension · disdain · haughtiness · pomposity · self-importance · complacency · preening
victory
Defeating an opponent
- winningAchieving victory
- schadenfreudeDelight in others' misfortune
- successFavorable outcome attained
conquest · dominance · supremacy · jubilation · exultation · satisfaction · glory · celebration · champion · bragging
spite
Petty malicious intent
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- schadenfreudeDelight in others' misfortune
- sadismPleasure from inflicting pain
vindictiveness · ill-will · nastiness · meanness · taunting · mockery · derision · sneering · jeering · ridicule
self-satisfaction
Pleasure from one's achievements
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
- smirkPleased, superior smile
- sneerScornful expression
conceit · arrogance · condescension · disdain · haughtiness · pomposity · self-importance · complacency · preening · puffed-up
- ego displaysarrogance, vanity, boasting, showboating, braggadocio
- pet peevesannoyance, loud chewing, irritation, loud talking, frustration
- showing offboasting, bragged, show off, bragging, boasted
- swaggerswagger, strut, strutting, peacocking, cockiness
- ego behaviorsbragging, boasting, showing off, arrogance, vanity
- dirty playcheap shot, cheap shots, dirty play, foul play, late hit
gloatinglamenting
Expressing passionate grief
mourning · grieving · despairing · failing · losing
gloatinggraciousness
Courteous, kind demeanor
humility · magnanimity · modesty · sportsmanship · tactfulness
gloatingcommiserating
Showing fellow feeling for misfortune
sympathizing · self-deprecating · empathizing · consoling · pitying