sheer pleasure in Misfortune

The joy one feels when bad things happen to other people. Schadenfreude is an emotion of schadenfreude, which refers to. The joy one feels when bad things happen to other people. An entertaining and insightful exploration of schadenfreude: the deliciously dark and complex joy we've all felt, from time to time, at news of. The Roots of Schadenfreude: Why We Take Pleasure in Other People's Pain What getting satisfaction from someone's mishaps or failures may say about you.