The joy one feels when bad things happen to other people.
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The act of deriving pleasure from someone else's misfortune.
Orgin = German: Schaden, damage (from Middle High German schade, from Old High German scado) + Freude, joy (from Middle High German vreude, from Old High German frewida, from fr, happy).
or
The act of deriving pleasure from someone else's misfortune.
Orgin = German: Schaden, damage (from Middle High German schade, from Old High German scado) + Freude, joy (from Middle High German vreude, from Old High German frewida, from fr, happy).
An sense of schadenfreude came over me as I watched a Chevy Suburban with a "W" bumpersticker pull into a gas station advertising $3.89 per gallon.
by Stevo B May 04, 2006
getting off on others' misery
by bob the bleeder July 22, 2003
Watching a vegetarian being told she just ate chicken
Or watching a frat boy realize just what he put his dick in
Being on the elevator when somebody shouts "Hold the door!"
Straight-A students getting Bs
Exes getting STDs
Waking doormen from their naps
Watching tourists reading maps
Football players getting tackled
CEOs getting shackled
Watching actors never reach the ending of their oscar speech!
Or watching a frat boy realize just what he put his dick in
Being on the elevator when somebody shouts "Hold the door!"
Straight-A students getting Bs
Exes getting STDs
Waking doormen from their naps
Watching tourists reading maps
Football players getting tackled
CEOs getting shackled
Watching actors never reach the ending of their oscar speech!
by Luke Wehner June 23, 2004
by Yasmine1427 April 21, 2010
This economy's producing plenty of opportunities for Schadenfreude as Congress summons multimillion dollar CEOs to defend themselves
by GreatRecession.com February 15, 2009
The joy, existential validation, and downright delicious pleasure received by watching, reading of, hearing of, or even, occasionally, causing an enemy's downfall. And by enemies, I mean also friends.
Ever since November 8, I have been watching election night coverage on CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, and The Young Turks just for the orgasmic Schadenfreude of it. Yum!
by Trouble Clef March 26, 2017
by bobx-- December 09, 2008