different between gloat vs gloater

English

Alternative forms

• glote, glout (both obsolete?)

Etymology

From Middle English *gloten, glouten, from Old Norse glotta (“to grin, smile scornfully”) or Old English *glotian, both from Proto-Germanic *glut?n? (“to stare”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?el- (“to shine”), related to Swedish dialectal glotta, glutta (“to peep”), Middle High German glutzen, glotzen (“to stare”), Modern German glotzen (“to gawk, goggle”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lo?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Verb

gloat (third-person singular simple present gloats, present participle gloating, simple past and past participle gloated)

1. To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
2. To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.

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Noun

gloat (plural gloats)

1. An act or instance of gloating.

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Anagrams

• LoTAG

English

Etymology

gloat +? -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??t?(r)

Noun

gloater (plural gloaters)

1. One who gloats.

Anagrams

• gelator, legator