2007-03-31 10:47:12 · 8 answers · asked by jimmy carter 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
schadenfreude - Pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.
2007-03-31 10:56:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That would be schadenfreude= happy for another's
suffering or failure. It's from German:
schade = shame
freude= joy.
2007-03-31 20:55:49 · answer #2 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually sadistic means:
1. hurting others for sexual pleasure: the gaining of sexual gratification by causing physical or mental pain to other people, or the acts that produce such gratification
2. being cruel for fun: the gaining of pleasure from causing physical or mental pain to people or animals
3. cruelty: great physical or mental cruelty
[Late 19th century. < French sadisme, after the Marquis de Sade]
but, it also has been applied in the way you mean.
Sammy took sadistic pleasure watching Julie fail.
2007-03-31 17:54:36 · answer #3 · answered by ar5 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a German word which means that specifically ...Schadenfreude.. sorry dont know if thats the exact spelling.. its 'that feeling you get when it hasn't happened to you '.sort of a meaning
2007-03-31 17:57:49 · answer #4 · answered by ms.kissel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To jeer or to gloat would be verbs for the action of making fun of other's failure...
Plus the synonyms:
Mock, scoff, heckle
2007-03-31 17:49:47 · answer #5 · answered by blakesleefam 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mother-in-law!
Oh wait thats 3 words.
2007-03-31 17:58:08 · answer #6 · answered by ☆♥•´`•.¸ ;-) •´`•.¸ ♥☆ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"President Bush"?
2007-03-31 17:50:03 · answer #7 · answered by xteaguex 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
gloat?
2007-03-31 23:14:52 · answer #8 · answered by Roberta S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋