Gloating and Proud

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Gloating noun - Malicious satisfaction.

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Proud and gloating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proud" instead an adjective "Gloating".

Nearby Words: gloat, gloated, gloatingly

Proud adjective - Having or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself.

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Gloating and proud are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gloating" instead an adjective "Proud".

Nearby Word: proudly

In Everybody Loves Raymond, Ray used to hate playing ping-pong with Frank due to his Unsportsmanlike Gloating, but holds proud memories of the one time he beat him, so when Frank reveals that he let him win, he demands another game to settle the score.

Source: Made Out to Be a Jerkass

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