Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to gloat
Participle: gloated
Gerund: gloating
Indicative
Present
| I | gloat |
| you | gloat |
| he;she;it | gloats |
| we | gloat |
| you | gloat |
| they | gloat |
Perfect
| I | have gloated |
| you | have gloated |
| he;she;it | has gloated |
| we | have gloated |
| you | have gloated |
| they | have gloated |
Past
| I | gloated |
| you | gloated |
| he;she;it | gloated |
| we | gloated |
| you | gloated |
| they | gloated |
Pluperfect
| I | had gloated |
| you | had gloated |
| he;she;it | had gloated |
| we | had gloated |
| you | had gloated |
| they | had gloated |
Future
| I | will gloat |
| you | will gloat |
| he;she;it | will gloat |
| we | will gloat |
| you | will gloat |
| they | will gloat |
Future Perfect
| I | will have gloated |
| you | will have gloated |
| he;she;it | will have gloated |
| we | will have gloated |
| you | will have gloated |
| they | will have gloated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | gloat |
| you | gloat |
| he;she;it | gloat |
| we | gloat |
| you | gloat |
| they | gloat |
Perfect
| I | have gloated |
| you | have gloated |
| he;she;it | have gloated |
| we | have gloated |
| you | have gloated |
| they | have gloated |
Imperfect
| I | gloated |
| you | gloated |
| he;she;it | gloated |
| we | gloated |
| you | gloated |
| they | gloated |
Pluperfect
| I | had gloated |
| you | had gloated |
| he;she;it | had gloated |
| we | had gloated |
| you | had gloated |
| they | had gloated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would gloat |
| you | would gloat |
| he;she;it | would gloat |
| we | would gloat |
| you | would gloat |
| they | would gloat |
Perfect
| I | would have gloated |
| you | would have gloated |
| he;she;it | would have gloated |
| we | would have gloated |
| you | would have gloated |
| they | would have gloated |
Imperative
| you | gloat |
| we | Let's gloat |
| you | gloat |
Verbs conjugated like 'gloat'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'gloat'
bloat,
float,
gloam,
gloar,
glout,
goat,
blat,
bleat,
blot,
boat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1575, "to look at furtively," from O.N.
glotta "smile scornfully," or M.H.G.
glotzen "to stare, gloat." Sense of "to look at with malicious satisfaction" first recorded 1748.
2. 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”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*glutōną', Swedish '
glotta', Middle High German '
glutzen', German, old spelling '
glotzen'.
Verbs referencing "gloat"
German, old spelling
glotzen.
Sample Sentences
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You did well to win the game, but there's no need to gloat about it.