Mar 6, 2019 09:53
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I wonder how many languages has a translation for this!
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5 +3 | Gloating | Amany Saeed |
5 +1 | schadenfreude | Mahmoud Afandy |
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Gloating
It is usually used to convey the same meaning
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Comment: "Just being happy for another person's failure, own success has nothing to do with it."
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schadenfreude
schadenfreude: (formal) a feeling of pleasure that you get when something bad happens to someone else.
schadenfreude=epicaricacy=gloating
schadenfreude=epicaricacy=gloating
Example sentence:
I couldn't resist a touch of Schadenfreude when he was defeated so heavily in the election.
The unpleasantness on Wall Street produced a satisfying surge of schadenfreude about Yuppies getting their comeuppances.
Note from asker:
Schadenfreude is the nearest one to the meaning. |
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Susan McMillan
: I love this word - it encapsulates so much meaning in a single word. The only thing it lacks is a verb form.
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