I couldn't resist a touch of schadenfreude when he was defeated so heavily in the election.
Source: tatoeba (3116138)
Schadenfreude
//ˈʃɑː.dənˌfɹɔɪ.də//
Synonyms for "schadenfreude" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
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72 translations across 43 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- leedvermaak noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Albanian
3 entries- dashakeqësi noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- keqdashje noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- smirë noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπιχαιρεκακία noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Arabic
1 entries- شَمَاتَة noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Belarusian
1 entries- злара́днасць noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Bulgarian
1 entries- злора́дство noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 幸災樂禍 /幸灾乐祸 noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 幸災樂禍 /幸灾乐祸 noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Czech
1 entries- škodolibost noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Danish
1 entries- skadefryd noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Dutch
2 entries- leedvermaak noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- schadevreugde noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Esperanto
1 entries- difektoĝojo noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Estonian
1 entries- kahjurõõm noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Finnish
1 entries- vahingonilo noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
French
2 entries- joie maligne noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- schadenfreude noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Galician
1 entries- ledicia do mal alleo noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Georgian
1 entries- ნიშნის მოგება noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
German
1 entries- Schadenfreude noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Greek
1 entries- χαιρεκακία noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Hebrew
1 entries- שִׂמְחָה לְאֵיד noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Hindi
1 entries- शाडन्फ़्रॉएड noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Hungarian
1 entries- káröröm noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Icelandic
2 entries- meinfýsni noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- þórðargleði noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Indonesian
3 entries- schadenfreude noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- senang melihat orang susah noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- susah melihat orang senang noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Italian
2 entries- aticofilia noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- gioia maligna noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Japanese
4 entries- シャーデンフロイデ noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- メシウマ noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- 他人の不幸は蜜の味 noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- 幸災楽禍 noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Korean
3 entries- 고소하다 noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- 샤덴프로이데 noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- 쌤통 noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Macedonian
2 entries- злорадост noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- сеир noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skadefryd noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- skadefryd noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Polish
1 entries- Schadenfreude noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Portuguese
2 entries- Schadenfreude noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- bem feito noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Russian
1 entries- злора́дство noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- aighear-truaighe noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- àgh millteach noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- àgh-truaighe noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- zloradost noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- zlurad noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- zluradost noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- злyрад noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Slovak
1 entries- škodoradosť noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Slovene
1 entries- škodoželje noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Spanish
4 entries- alegría maligna noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- epicaricacía noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- gozamiento del mal ajeno noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
- gozo morboso m satisfacción malévola noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Swedish
1 entries- skadeglädje noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Turkish
1 entries- şematet noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Ukrainian
1 entries- зловті́ха noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Volapük
1 entries- badöfafred noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Yiddish
1 entries- שאָדנפֿרייד noun (malicious enjoyment derived from observing someone else's misfortune)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Why do we feel schadenfreude over others' suffering?
Source: tatoeba (3705865)
Half of one's life is a pathetic case of Schadenfreude. The other half is wallowing in one's own misery.
Source: tatoeba (6973059)
Schadenfreude is evil.
Source: tatoeba (8603917)
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