gloaty

== English == === Etymology === From gloat +‎ -y. === Adjective === gloaty (comparative more gloaty, superlative most gloaty) Characterized by or resembling gloating. 1947, Rex Stout, Too Many Women, Thorndike Press & Chivers Press, 1999, Chapter 24, p. 233,[2] “This,” Cramer declared in as gloaty a tone as I had ever heard from him, “is really rich. […] ” 2014, Rick Owens, cited by Alexander Fury in “Rick Owens and the Dark Art of Creativity,” The Independent, 17 October, 2014,[3] I don’t have to do anything I don’t want to. It’s not like I’m obligated to make any compromises, which is a wonderful thing. I probably sound a little gloaty to say that, or a little boastful, but it’s significant. ==== Synonyms ==== smug ==== Derived terms ==== gloatily gloatiness === Anagrams === goatly, otalgy