gravedancer means one who rejoices in the death or demise of another; one who dances on someone's grave. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
Why “gravedancer” is a great word
GRAVEDANCER — [Noun] One who takes active, often professional, pleasure in the death or demise of another, or who profits from the acquisition of failing enterprises. From the English words 'grave' (a place of burial) and 'dancer' (one who dances). Unlike a 'vulture capitalist,' which specifies a financial predator, or 'schadenfreude,' which denotes a passive emotion, a gravedancer is the animate agent of that grim delight. It is the glint in an executor's eye at the reading of a long-resented will, the cold calculation over a hollowed-out corporation's liquidation, and the predatory quiet of a figure waiting for the last mourner to leave—a human shape moving to a music only it can hear, celebrating an ending as if it were a beginning.
Etymology
From grave + dancer.
noun
- One who rejoices in the death or demise of another; one who dances on someone's grave.“Grave-dancers, for sure, all of them. But no diggers.”
- An investor who specializes in buying failing companies or distressed properties.“But the hangover's set in, And now a Gravedancers lookin'. It's Gravedancer times When there's panic in the land When assets sell at costs that scream, "Bail me out, man!"”
- One who literally dances on a grave.“Pissed, the Iceman sends his bodyguard, the Gravedancer, off to learn who is behind them.”