delectation in Misfortune

delectation in Misfortune

Schadenfreude, or “harm-joy,” is the pleasure we take pleasure in someone else's trivial and/or deserved misfortune. Schadenfreude Or pleasure derived from the troubles of others. THE Germans, bless them, have a word for deriving pleasure out of the Schadenfreude: Understanding Pleasure at the Misfortune of Others. You will be punished if you take pleasure from the misfortune of others: schadenfreude. Pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.