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Taking joy from another's misfortune
Answer for the clue "Taking joy from another's misfortune ", 13 letters:
schadenfreude
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"malicious joy in the misfortunes of others," 1922, German Schadenfreude , literally "damage-joy," from schaden "damage, harm, injury" (see scathe ) + freude , from Old High German frewida "joy," from fro "happy," literally "hopping for joy," from Proto-Germanic ...
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 ...
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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.