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Laughing at other people's expense
A word for being troubled at others' potential schadenfreude against meA person who finds peace or pleasure in seeing other people in same trouble that he is inWhat do you call feeling what someone else feels?Word meaning you accept someones beliefs without believing in them yourself?How to describe someone speaking in pain?Is there a word for wanting bad things to happen to others?Spending, expense, spend or what?What's a word meaning “at the expense of”?Word for feeling one gets when someone else gets just punismentWhat is the word that describes someone only willing to be generous when it comes to their own needs?
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What is the word for when someone gets enjoyment out of someone else's misfortune or expense?
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Schadenfreude, a borrowed German word, is a common and concise way to say it.
Enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schadenfreude
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Sadistic is the word I was thinking of.
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Schadenfreude, a borrowed German word, is a common and concise way to say it.
Enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schadenfreude
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Schadenfreude, a borrowed German word, is a common and concise way to say it.
Enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schadenfreude
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Schadenfreude, a borrowed German word, is a common and concise way to say it.
Enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others
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Schadenfreude, a borrowed German word, is a common and concise way to say it.
Enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others
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