gloat
verb [intransitive]- gloat (about/at/over something)
to show that you are happy about your own success or somebody else’s failure, in an unpleasant way synonym crow扬扬得意;沾沾自喜;幸灾乐祸 She was still gloating over her rival's disappointment. 她仍在为对手的失望而幸灾乐祸。 Having lost a large percentage of the vote, they were in no position to gloat. 失去了很大一部分选票,他们没有资格幸灾乐祸。 I hope you haven’t just come here to gloat. 我希望你不是来幸灾乐祸的。 He didn't want to hear her gloating at his misfortune. 他不想听到她对他的不幸幸灾乐祸。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: of unknown origin; perhaps related to Old Norse glotta ‘to grin’ and Middle High German glotzen ‘to stare’. The original sense was ‘give a sideways or furtive look’, hence ‘cast amorous or admiring glances’; the current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.