noun
- pleasure derived from another person’s misfortune
Usage: from German
Examples
- She felt a twinge of schadenfreude when her rival failed the test.
- The audience’s schadenfreude was evident as they laughed at the villain’s downfall.
- His schadenfreude over his competitor’s bankruptcy was unseemly.
- There’s something unsettling about taking schadenfreude in others’ mistakes.
- The movie exploited the viewers’ schadenfreude with its cruel humor.
- She tried to suppress her schadenfreude when her ex-boyfriend got dumped.