rubs it in
Won't drop it
To rub it in is to emphasize someone's mistake, failure, or misfortune in a way that makes them feel worse about it.
The image is of grinding salt into a wound: I know I was wrong—you don't have to rub it in.
Often used as a complaint when someone won't let a painful subject drop.
- gloatingSmug triumph display
- I told you soGloating after being right
- schadenfreudeDelight in others' misfortune
- salt in the woundCompounding existing pain
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
smugness · sarcasm · vindictiveness · triumphalism · one-upmanship · sore loser · mockery · condescension · antagonism · taunting · boasting · sibling rivalry · failure · jabs · loss · adding insult to injury · criticism · rivalry
emotional impact on the wounded party
rubs it inconsoles
Provides comfort to
comforts · soothes · eases the pain · softens the blow · empathizes
verbal restraint about others' misfortune
rubs it inbites one's tongue
Deliberately withholds a remark