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Examples
“Madam, – Patrick Skene Catling, in reviewing the book of the day, Splendour & Squalor, states that “Schadenfreude is a German word with no one-word English equivalent”.”
“Schadenfreude -- a German word for glee over the misfortune of others -- is actually as American as casino gambling.”
“Schadenfreude is German for pleasure at another's misfortune.”
“Schadenfreude - a German word meaning 'pleasure taken from someone else's misfortune'.”
“Schadenfreude, a German word that has been adopted by the Anglo-Saxon press, means to take pleasure in the misfortune of others.”
“Schadenfreude, a German word that means to take malicious satisfaction in another's misfortunes, may explain why Tiger Woods's peccadilloes are so enjoyable.”
“It is no accident that the word Schadenfreude -- translated as joy at another's misfortune -- is a uniquely German coinage.”
“This topic—getting fired—should come under the title Schadenfreude, since most of the people interviewed for this book have triumphed over their humiliating consignments to Siberia by the very nature of their comparative success in life, or if not in life, then in their chosen professions.”
“Schadenfreude" is German, though it was long ago adopted as an official English word just press F12 on your Mac and type it into the dictionary - you'll find that it's there.”
“Schadenfreude is all very well -- I'm an addict, actually -- but let's aim that emotion at the right target.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Schadenfreude’.
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Shorty, Meredith, and States Rights
We're helping a pregnant friend list terrible baby names for a boy. Can you think of any?
States Rights, Meredith, Theophilus, St. George, Kennesaw Mountain, McQueen, 7, Adolph, Dubya, Sue, anything, Junior, Bubba and 6 more...
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Nice German loanwords
Words in English of German origin, describing stuff that need describing.
Witzelsucht, Sehnsucht, Weltschmerz, Ansatz, Aufheben, Umlaut, Bremsstrahlung, Feldspar, Ersatz, Leitmotif, Lumpenproletariat, Schadenfreude and 1 more...
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thekatespanos's list
pomposity, gaggle, scintilla, lemming, bilk, vanquish, conflate, plenary, verisimilitude, perspicacious, rattletrap, obdurate and 325 more...
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sputnik
canoodle, span, hasten, discombobulate, sputnik, clod, encrusted, spit-shine, zeitgeist, landslide, laid, cherish and 350 more...
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jaden's Words
countermand, reconcile, pervasive, inherent, dichotomy, ancillary, tenuous, viable, potentate, gestalt, esoteric, ephemeral and 136 more...
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lil_grammar_nazi's list
Main list
acerbic, spiteful, vindictive, curmudgeon, dog in the manger, pious, histrionic, unprecedented, bumptious, abscond, abject, accost and 161 more...
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Words
Zeitgeist, shibboleth, perfidy, sartorial, curmudgeon, ennui, modicum, harbinger, reification, syllogism, precognitive, bitch-slappery and 3 more...
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Hidden World Words
This list showcases single words that capture complex, uncanny, and multi-layered emotions that otherwise can't easily be described.
Inat, Toska, Mamihlapinatapei, Litost, Ilunga, Cafuné, Schadenfreude, Torschlusspanik, Wabi-Sabi, Hyggelig, Ya’aburnee, Duende and 6 more...
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to-use
lapidary, sacrosanct, stupendous, armophous, rah-rah, petty, consternation, meandering, cherry pick, garish, vacuous, agitated and 66 more...
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TWEET
galled, ineffable, lypophrenia, pulchritude, dulcetness, scintillating, skirmish, pugnacious, rue, coveting, inane, expedient and 61 more...
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Atypical
dodrantal, ampersand, desiderative, cynosure, sybaritic, orthogonal, lacuna, lunge, forfend, celerity, hebetudinous, torpid and 55 more...
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words to use
words that I really like, and want to use in conversation
Schadenfreude, ab ovo, idee fixe, consternation, Methuselah, chthonic, sciolism, expatiate, florilegium
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Words of the Day
This is a list of words that have been deemed worthy of the status "word of the day."
preponderance, Schadenfreude, feckless, mellifluous, apostate, flippant
Tweets
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ruzuzu Were you looking for schadenfreude? Feb 23, 2011
reesetee *hands gangerh a conciliatory cupcake* Dec 6, 2009
gangerh Yes, please. That would be nice. I've never had one before. Will I get another sugar rush? Dec 5, 2009
PossibleUnderscore Are you ok there gangerh?
Do you need one of Reesetee's conciliatory cupcakes? Dec 5, 2009
gangerh No! No! No! No! No! Not Again! Copycat! Plagiarist! SPAM ALERT! PERSONSTRIONICS! I HATE YOU! WIND-UP MERCHANT! WHY? WHY? WHY? So, wanna fight? Hah! Schadenfreudgeon! Dec 5, 2009