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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).
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 03, 2006
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German for unanticipated delight in the suffering of another which is cognized as trivial and/or appropriate.

Simply it is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others.
They got a good laugh out of watching the waitress trip and fall while carrying a huge tray of food. That is schadenfreude.
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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!
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The pleasure someone gets for seeing another person clean a wall with an ear stick
I'm really having a Schadenfreude with you
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It's German for happiness at the misfortune of others. Very Nazi if you ask me.
Man 1 "Dude, did you just see that figure skater fall on her ass?!"
Man 2 "I so did!"
Woman 1 "That's called schadenfreude. Dickheads."
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