Recadated
The feeling of simultaneous justified satisfaction, and angry disappointment that comes from being right about something you would have rather not been right about.
(also: recadate, recadating)
From Proto-Indo-European roots "re-" meaning "to reason, count," and "kad-" meaning "sorrow, hatred." In essence, to "hate being right."
(also: recadate, recadating)
From Proto-Indo-European roots "re-" meaning "to reason, count," and "kad-" meaning "sorrow, hatred." In essence, to "hate being right."
When Jane told me her boyfriend turned out to be verbally abusive, I felt recadated, having seen the red flags that she was blind to because of her feelings.
After another government action favoring billionaires' wallets over the peoples' rights and well-being, the whistle-blowers felt recadated in their previous concerns.
After another government action favoring billionaires' wallets over the peoples' rights and well-being, the whistle-blowers felt recadated in their previous concerns.
Recadated by BetterThanAI October 19, 2026