Schadenfreude [shahd-n-froi-duh]: noun
satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
It shames me to say that I have occasionally fallen prey to the sin of schadenfreude. Better practice the pronunciation a bit on this one before you teach it to your kids.
"I tell you, Honey, I never thought I'd see the day when a son of mine would hit someone with a toy, then be so shamelessly full of schadenfreude about it." (sigh comes here)
Paul's smirk of schadenfreude nearly betrayed his plot to feed his roommate the laxative 'vitamins'.
Tis shame to me to say that once or twice I have fallen prey to the horrible condition of schadenfreude.
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