schadenfreude

Taking pleasure in somebody else's misfortune. From German,
also spelled shadenfreude

shrink to a patient:
-what did you feel when you found out that your successful brother had lost all his money in the stock market?
patient:
-schadenfreude

by ana von hindenburg February 25, 2011

Schadenfruede

A song from the fucking hilarious musical "Avenue Q". It's also a German word meaning happiness at the misfortune of others.

Nicky: Hmm...Schadenfruede, huh? What is that? Some kind of Nazi word?
Gary: Yep! It's German for "happiness at the misfortune of others"!
Nicky: Happiness at the misfortune of others...that is German!

Kyle: What is this feeling when you watch a Vegetarian eat chicken or a Frat boy realize just what he put his dick in?
Lize: Schadenfruede!

by Lize September 6, 2008

Schadenfreude

Getting joy out of someone elses misfortune. The joy you feel is shameful.

She fell over and broke her neck.. i felt nothing but schadenfreude..

by bobx-- December 18, 2008

Schaudenfreude

The act of gaining enjoyment from another person's misery.

Dude! Slow down, let me rubber neck that fatality car accident and catch me some Schaudenfreude.

by Roland819 November 23, 2006

schadenfreudian

A SchadenFreudian is someone who feels joy when seeing others suffer misfortune physically or in speech or memory due to an unconscious conflict.

His SchadenFreudian attitude towards old people scare the hell out of me!

by ProfPlum January 30, 2016

Schadenfreude

In the behavioural sciences, Schadenfreude is the term for a euphoric affective state experienced in response to visual and auditory stimuli communicating others experiencing pain or suffering. The euphoric effect has been observed to be significantly elevated in females, primarily of Western origin, when the suffering is observed in males known to the test subject, with a strong correlation between the level of prior intimacy and intensity of the euphoria. Of particular note is the extreme degree to which other faculties may be impaired as the intensity of the euphoric state increases in the observer, in correlation to the increased suffering of the observed.

"In my decades long career I've never witnessed the brain's pleasure centre light up as much as it has in the divorced couple Schadenfreude cases. The most remarkable example was when a caucasian, middle class, suburban female heard her ex-husband had fallen off a roof and shattered his spine. She only heard an aural account and apparently didn't even need to witness it. The intensity of brain activity doubled when she was told he may never walk again. When she heard his children were watching and heard an account of the total humiliation he felt as they witnessed the moment of his downfall, we had to stop the experiment out of concern her brain may overheat. The fact that they were also her children witnessing a traumatic event appeared to have no attenuating effect on her response, if anything it increased."

by MalcolmTent0 May 24, 2018

schadenfreude

German for "happiness at the misfortune of others"

Clapping when a waitress falls and drops a tray of glasses

Watching figure skaters falling on their asses

Watching people out in the rain

Watching a vegetarian being told she just ate chicken

Watching a frat boy realize just what he put his dick in

Being on an 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

Schadenfreude: Making me feel glad that I'm not you.

by Janet Weiss August 26, 2005