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Taking joy from another's misfortune
Answer for the clue "Taking joy from another's misfortune ", 13 letters:
schadenfreude
Alternative clues for the word schadenfreude
- Delight in the misfortune of others
- Cheers undead on the move around France, enjoying the victims' plight
- Delight in another’s misfortune
- Delight in the troubles of others
- Enjoyment of another's pain
- Perverse pleasure in South African country having a dodgy referendum after scrapping borders
- Enjoyment of others' woes
Word definitions for schadenfreude in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Schadenfreude (; ; 'harm-joy') is pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. Borrowed from German into English and several other languages, it is a feeling of joy that comes from seeing or hearing about another person's troubles or failures. It is ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune.
Usage examples of schadenfreude.
Cartesian theater: but he can still spare some schadenfreude for the family fortunes.
With rare schadenfreude, Wexford found himself hoping Grey would get off.
Things could be brought into being that had no name in English-Weltanschauung, Schadenfreude, sippenhaft, Sonderweg, Scheissfreundlichreit, Vergangenheitsbewaltigung.
Holy Trinity not without a little schadenfreude, stepped into the moonlight.