schadenfreude

Pleasure derived from another person's misfortune.

• (no common derivatives)

• feel schadenfreude
• sense of schadenfreude
• guilty schadenfreude
• pure schadenfreude

1. 1.There was undeniable schadenfreude among rivals when the market leader's product failed. (pleasure at others' trouble)
2. 2.Social media amplifies schadenfreude — celebrity failures go viral within hours. (enjoyment of others' misfortune)

• gloating/ˈɡləʊtɪŋ/— dwelling on one's own success or others' failure
• (no precise English equivalent — that's why the German word was borrowed)

from German "Schaden" (damage/harm) + "Freude" (joy) — literally "damage-joy" — joy at others' harm