is there a word for the contrapositive of schadenfreude?

Apr. 11th, 2006 11:25 pm
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Date: 2006-04-12 03:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yehoshua.livejournal.com
"neener"?

Date: 2006-04-12 03:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] learnedax.livejournal.com
what i was going for was something to embody unhappiness at the good fortune of others. ought to be some compact german word for that.

Date: 2006-04-12 03:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jadasc.livejournal.com
"Envy" has four letters. Hard to get more compact.

Date: 2006-04-12 03:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] learnedax.livejournal.com
touché

Date: 2006-04-12 03:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] new-man.livejournal.com
You mean NOT taking pleasure from the GOOD fortune of others?

"Sour grapes" maybe?

Date: 2006-04-12 03:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] metahacker.livejournal.com
Moody?

Date: 2006-04-12 03:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sagawizard.livejournal.com

what i was going for was something to embody unhappiness at the good fortune of others

Being a Red Sox fan looking at the Yankees' record on any given year?

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