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Schadenfreude a.k.a. gloating
kuzushi Started conversation May 3, 2009
People are always going around saying "Schadenfreude (the pleasure one feels from witnessing another's misfortunes) has no equivalent in English", to which I cannot help but wonder whether they have never heard of gloating...
gloat: v. to regard one's own good fortune or the misfortune of others with smug or malicious pleasure
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Schadenfreude a.k.a. gloating
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