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单词 schadenfreude
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Definition of schadenfreude in English:

schadenfreude

nounˈʃɑːd(ə)nˌfrɔɪdəˈʃɑːdənˌfrɔydəˈʃɑdənˌfrɔɪdə
mass noun
  • Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.

    a business that thrives on Schadenfreude
    a frisson of Schadenfreude
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If it's ‘all a game,’, then why is he no longer even interested in reading the newspaper for his daily dose of Schadenfreude?
    • This unremitting focus on just one race participant is understandable, but the hint of Schadenfreude in the tone was unmistakable.
    • There is a thin line between Schadenfreude, which I take to be measured satisfaction in the discomfiture of opponents, and the sin of morose delectation.
    • All this is a bonus for the former BBC royal correspondent, who admits to a frisson of Schadenfreude when watching her replacement shiver outside those crested gates.
    • How ironic that a German footballer should provide us with sport's finest example of Schadenfreude.
    • Allow me to savour this moment of Schadenfreude.
    • Their deepest feelings about banks, whatever they may be, will be rewarded by a good double strength shot of Schadenfreude.
    • With a quiver of delightful Schadenfreude, it turned out none had ever backed the PR firm's campaign.
    • Is it possible, given the Schadenfreude around his demise, that even if he were innocent, none of us would care?
    • The Schadenfreude is indecent, but the confident historical assertion is still less justified.
    • Actually, the amount of Schadenfreude from every quarter - from the rich, from the poor, from the arts establishment, from the ignorant - has been overwhelming.
    • I am at one with the European press, whose expressions of Schadenfreude in place of human sympathy are laid out here by the BBC.
    • With that in mind, I present to you Great Moments in Sports Schadenfreude.
    • The 17th century European enterprise of selling and buying tickets to gawk at those confined to psychiatric institutions established there was money to be made from Schadenfreude.
    • From that time on, we have seen most of our allies stand aside and engage in Schadenfreude over our painful bog-down in the region.
    • But skittishness about affirmative action does not begin to explain the degree of Schadenfreude on display over Raines's resignation.
    • In particular, it ignores those emotions which involve higher cognitive processes, such as jealousy, envy, and Schadenfreude.
    Synonyms
    delight, pleasure, happiness, joy, joyfulness, gladness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, cheerfulness, amusement, mirth, mirthfulness, merriment, joviality, jollity, jocularity

Origin

German Schadenfreude, from Schaden 'harm' + Freude 'joy'.

Definition of schadenfreude in US English:

schadenfreude

nounˈSHädənˌfroidəˈʃɑdənˌfrɔɪdə
  • Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.

    a business that thrives on Schadenfreude
    a frisson of Schadenfreude
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Actually, the amount of Schadenfreude from every quarter - from the rich, from the poor, from the arts establishment, from the ignorant - has been overwhelming.
    • The Schadenfreude is indecent, but the confident historical assertion is still less justified.
    • Allow me to savour this moment of Schadenfreude.
    • There is a thin line between Schadenfreude, which I take to be measured satisfaction in the discomfiture of opponents, and the sin of morose delectation.
    • I am at one with the European press, whose expressions of Schadenfreude in place of human sympathy are laid out here by the BBC.
    • This unremitting focus on just one race participant is understandable, but the hint of Schadenfreude in the tone was unmistakable.
    • If it's ‘all a game,’, then why is he no longer even interested in reading the newspaper for his daily dose of Schadenfreude?
    • How ironic that a German footballer should provide us with sport's finest example of Schadenfreude.
    • From that time on, we have seen most of our allies stand aside and engage in Schadenfreude over our painful bog-down in the region.
    • With a quiver of delightful Schadenfreude, it turned out none had ever backed the PR firm's campaign.
    • But skittishness about affirmative action does not begin to explain the degree of Schadenfreude on display over Raines's resignation.
    • All this is a bonus for the former BBC royal correspondent, who admits to a frisson of Schadenfreude when watching her replacement shiver outside those crested gates.
    • Is it possible, given the Schadenfreude around his demise, that even if he were innocent, none of us would care?
    • In particular, it ignores those emotions which involve higher cognitive processes, such as jealousy, envy, and Schadenfreude.
    • With that in mind, I present to you Great Moments in Sports Schadenfreude.
    • The 17th century European enterprise of selling and buying tickets to gawk at those confined to psychiatric institutions established there was money to be made from Schadenfreude.
    • Their deepest feelings about banks, whatever they may be, will be rewarded by a good double strength shot of Schadenfreude.
    Synonyms
    delight, pleasure, happiness, joy, joyfulness, gladness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, cheerfulness, amusement, mirth, mirthfulness, merriment, joviality, jollity, jocularity

Origin

German Schadenfreude, from Schaden ‘harm’ + Freude ‘joy’.

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