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).
Term: Linking Verb. A linking verb is a verb that connects the subject to the complement. They are sometimes called copula or copular verbs. EG: That food smells good. ('Smells' connects the subject to the adjective that describes it.) The following are the principal linking verbs in English that can be used to connect the subject to an adjective: