pleasure in Misfortune
Previous research related to pleasure at the Misfortune of Others Reprint by Wilco W. Originally Answered: Why do some people get pleasure from someone else's misfortune. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage in-depth discussion about all things related to books. Smith who wrote The Joy of Another's Misfortune,†by Tiffany Watt Smith. It means pleasure caused by the misfortune of others: schadenfreude.