gloat

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gloat
    n 1: malicious satisfaction [syn: {gloat}, {gloating}, {glee}]
    v 1: dwell on with satisfaction [syn: {gloat}, {triumph},
         {crow}]
    2: gaze at or think about something with great self-
       satisfaction, gratification, or joy

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gloat \Gloat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gloated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Gloating}.] [Akin to Icel. glotta to smile scornfully, G.
   glotzen to gloat.]
   To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with
   passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
   [1913 Webster]

   2. To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously,
      sometimes also triumphantly, in another's loss or
      discomfort; -- usually in a bad sense.
      [1913 Webster]

            In vengeance gloating on another's pain. --Byron.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "gloat":
      bore, crane, crane the neck, crow, crow over, delight, delight in,
      exult, exult in, eye, gape, gaup, gawk, gaze, gaze open-mouthed,
      glare, gloat over, glory, glory in, goggle, joy, jubilate, look,
      ogle, peer, revel in, stand on tiptoe, stare, stare at, stare down,
      stare hard, triumph