# gloat

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɡloʊt/ · frequency rank #45,943

## Definitions
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.

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

## Easily confused with
- **got** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-got)
- **Goa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-goa)
- **goal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-goal)
- **goat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-goat)
- **glow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-glow)
- **gout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-gout)
- **glut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-glut)
- **Gott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-gott)
- **goad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-goad)
- **great** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-great)
- **glory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-glory)
- **globe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-globe)
- **glove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-glove)
- **gloss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-gloss)
- **gloom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-gloom)
- **groan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-groan)
- **Glock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-glock)
- **Groot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-groot)
- **glows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-glows)
- **grout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gloat-vs-grout)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ggloat`, `glaot`, `glloat`, `gloatt`, `glota`, `golat`, `lgoat`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gloat