Thesaurus: gloat
To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
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Definitions
- v. i. To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; -- usually in a bad sense, to gaze with malignant satisfaction, passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
- n. malicious satisfaction
- v. dwell on with satisfaction
- v. gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy
- To look steadfastly; to gaz In vengeance gloating on another's pain. Byron.
- To look steadfastly; to gazIn vengeance gloating on another's pain. Byron.
- n:6/v:94 n. malicious satisfaction v. dwell on with satisfaction v. gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy