n. delight in another person's misfortune
She wondered why she felt schadenfreude over hearing the horrible news.
She wondered why she felt schadenfreude over hearing the horrible news.
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pleasure; delight at other'smisfortune; satisfaction at other'smisfortune;
sadness
4 syllables
scha-den-freu-de
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