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gloating
['glәutiŋ]
满意足, 沾沾自喜



gloating
[ noun ]
malicious satisfaction
<noun.feeling>




Gloat \Gloat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gloated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gloating}.] [Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G.
glotzen to gloat.]
To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with
passionate desire, lust, or avarice.

2. To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously,
sometimes also triumphantly, in another's loss or
discomfort; -- usually in a bad sense.

In vengeance gloating on another's pain. --Byron.