Have you ever felt delighted (perhaps secretly) when something went wrong for someone else? We may not openly admit it, but ...

Schadenfreude may be reflected in the cultural phenomenon of “tall poppy syndrome”, a tendency to “cut down” those who stand ...

Schadenfreude, the joy derived from others' misfortune, is a common emotion found among employees at all hierarchical levels ...

Sometimes it makes us happy when others have a little mishap — and that's okay! Schadenfreude, or the malicious joy we feel at another person's pain, is not as bad as you might think. Schadenfreude is ...

Schadenfreude, a word borrowed from German (translation: harm joy), is the deliciously evil feeling of deriving happiness, however small and petty, from someone else’s misfortune. If you’ve ever ...

While working on this review of Tiffany Watt Smith’s lively little book about the “ethically ambiguous” emotion of schadenfreude — taking pleasure in the humiliations and failures of other people — a ...

After President Donald Trump announced his COVID-19 diagnosis, Merriam-Webster Dictionary reported a 30,000% increase in searches for the word “schadenfreude.” The German word, which is often ...

A case in point: A few months after I was a fired by a boss whom I disliked, I learned that he had been fired. Schadenfreude! I felt the same way when I read a negative review of a book by a French ...

We all feel schadenfreude sometimes. It's feeling a sense of pleasure when you see other people's misfortune. But it could help psychologists understand dark personality traits better. According to ...

Early Friday morning, the country awoke at varying hours to the news that President Donald Trump had tested positive for coronavirus. Hours later, Merriam-Webster reported that searches for the word ...

According to dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster, searches for “schadenfreude” spiked 30,500% after President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis was announced. The “Trend Watch” page also pointed out ...

It may feel like a complex, often unspoken emotion. But pleasure at the misfortune of others is common in business settings.