Gloating
Gloating noun - Malicious satisfaction.
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Synonyms for Gloating
Smug and gloating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smug" instead an adjective "Gloating".
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Quattro, Smug Snake that she is, did some big time gloating as she forced the main character of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha to fight against her daughter.
Source: Evil Gloating -
Even while he's gloating, he never raises his voice above a conversational tone or is completely smug about his plans.
Source: Film / Resident Evil: Afterlife - A great one occurs in Zootopia, with Judy and Nick's smug smiles when they reveal to Bellwether how they faked Nick's attack and recorded her gloating confession.
Source: "Hell, Yes!" Moment
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