schadenfreude \SHOD-n-froy-duh\, noun:
A malicious satisfaction obtained from the misfortunes of
others.
"He died three years after me -- cancer too -- and at that
time I was still naive enough to imagine that what the
afterlife chiefly provided were unrivalled opportunities
for unbeatable gloating, unbelievable schadenfreude."
--Will Self, [2]How The Dead Live
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