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Gloating
Pleased about another's mishap
You see the other guy mess up and you can hardly keep from smiling. You are gloating at their mishap. We all seem to enjoy seeing a jerk get what he deserves. Perhaps you feel a bit guilty or shameful for not feeling compassion, but you believe their mishap is their own fault.
Definitions
1. Pleased about an event undesirable for another 2. Pleased about another's mishap. 3. Celebrating a rival's mistakes. Root: Probably from Old Norse g l o t t asmile scornfully. Note that envy and gloating have parallel structures. Envy is when you feel bad because a rival did well, and gloating is when you feel good because a rival did badly.
Related Terms
The English language terms: celebrate, crow, glory, rejoice, relish, rub it in, taunting, triumph, vaunt, and whoop are inexact synonyms for gloating. The word Schadenfreude, borrowed from German is a close synonym. We also speak of someone getting their just deserts or their comeuppance when we are referring to gloating.
someone of high status we don't care about is responsible for causing their own temporary setback.
Quotations
He who laughs last, laughs best
References
The Cognitive Structure of Emotions, by Andrew Ortony, Gerald L. Clore, Allan Collins The Origin of Emotions, Version 1.0 , by Mark Devon
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