schadenfreude
noun/ˈʃɑːdnfrɔɪdə/
/ˈʃɑːdnfrɔɪdə/
[uncountable] (from German)- a feeling of pleasure at the bad things that happen to other people
- I couldn’t resist a touch of schadenfreude when he was defeated so heavily in the election.
Word OriginGerman, from Schaden ‘harm’ + Freude ‘joy’.
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