Schadenfreude in English

Ludmila KEFALOVA kefalova at CLSH.U-NANCY.FR
Mon May 5 14:27:52 UTC 1997


In Bulgarian ZLORADSTVO (noun), nominalization from ZLORAD (adj),
litterally "with bad joy", compound from ZLO 'bad' (adjective or adverb) +
RADvam se 'to enjoy' (reflexive verb).

Both  noun and adjective refer exacly to "pleasure-with-other's-misfortune".

Ludmila KEFALOVA
  CNRS-URA 1035 LanDisCo
  Université Nancy 2
e-mail : kefalova at clsh.u-nancy.fr



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