perverse satisfaction
Frequency: 4.00.9 per million words
satisfaction from something that most people would find strange or wrong
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Examples (10)
- He felt a perverse satisfaction in watching his opponent stumble.
- She derived a perverse satisfaction from deliberately annoying her younger brother.
- There was a perverse satisfaction in knowing she was the only one who understood the dark humor.
- Despite the chaos, he found a perverse satisfaction in the complete breakdown of order.
- He took a perverse satisfaction in the discomfort of his uninvited guests.
- Sometimes, people find a perverse satisfaction in proving others wrong, even at their own expense.
- The villain smirked, experiencing a deep, perverse satisfaction as his plan unfolded.
- She couldn't deny the perverse satisfaction she felt when her strict teacher made a mistake.
- He secretly reveled in a perverse satisfaction when his rival's project failed.
- There's a perverse satisfaction in discovering an unexpected flaw in a perfect system.