1 All this is a bonus for the former BBC royal correspondent, who admits to a frisson of Schadenfreude when watching her replacement shiver outside those crested gates.2  With a quiver of delightful Schadenfreude, it turned out none had ever backed the PR firm's campaign. With a quiver of delightful Schadenfreude, it turned out none had ever backed the PR firm's campaign. 2  This unremitting focus on just one race participant is understandable, but the hint of Schadenfreude in the tone was unmistakable.
Synonyms: correspond, conform, harmonize, coincide, accord, agree. These verbs all indicate a compatibility between people or things. Correspond refers to similarity in form, nature, function, character, or structure: Scientific statements may or may not correspond to the facts of the physical world (George Soros).ynonyms: correspond, conform, harmonize, coincide, accord, agree. These verbs all indicate a compatibility between people or things. Correspond refers to similarity in form, nature, function, character, or structure: Scientific statements may or may not correspond to the facts of the physical world (George Soros).
Orient as a verb means to find direction or give direction.. The noun form of this kind of orienting is orientation. Sometimes people in their speech will form an imagined verb from orientation and say orientate.At best, orientate is a back-formation used humorously to make the speaker sound pompous.The correct word is the verb orient.Incorrect: Melanie is helping me get orientated to the new job.ometimes people in their speech will form an imagined verb from orientation and say orientate. At best, orientate is a back-formation used humorously to make the speaker sound pompous. The correct word is the verb orient. Incorrect: Melanie is helping me get orientated to the new job.