grave-dancer



grave-dancer

n. someone who profits from or takes advantage of someone else’s misfortune. (From dance on someone’s grave, seemingly in celebration of someone else’s misfortune.) I don’t want to seem like a grave-dancer, but his defeat places me in line for a promotion.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
FelixFE-liks (German, Swedish), FAY-liks (Dutch), FEE-liks (English)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English, Romanian, Ancient Roman, Biblical, Biblical Lati
PearcePEERSEnglish (Rare)
NguyÊN-Vietnamese
Whitehead['(h)wait.hed]
Burnett[bə(:)'net]
EerikaE:-ree-kahFinnish