Schadenfreude
Etymology
A borrowing of German “Schadenfreude,” a transparent compound of “Schaden” (harm, damage) and “Freude” (joy) — literally “harm-joy.” English adopted it in the 19th century precisely because it had no native single word for the feeling, and it remains one of the language’s most useful loanwords.
noun · /SHAH-duhn-froy-duh/
Pleasure taken in another person’s misfortune.
What it names
The guilty little flush of satisfaction when someone who had it coming — or simply someone else — stumbles.
Example
She felt a flicker of schadenfreude when the colleague who took credit for her work botched the presentation.
Related idea
Ordinary spite actively wishes harm on someone; schadenfreude is more passive, savouring a misfortune that arrives on its own without your having caused it.