Gloat /(?)/

Gloat

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Gloated; p. pr. & vb. n. Gloating

  1. To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
  2. To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously, sometimes also triumphantly, in another's loss or discomfort; -- usually in a bad sense.
    In vengeance gloating on another's pain.