Firgun

Quick meaning: Firgun is a noun meaning (rare, Israel) Genuine delight or pride in another person's achievement or in something good that has happened or may happen to another person.

Meaning

(rare, Israel) Genuine delight or pride in another person's achievement or in something good that has happened or may happen to another person.

Example Sentences

But Barak was unfailingly generous in his firgun to me and genuinely interested in my interpretations of America.

This is the epitome of what Israelis call firgun, giving others a leg up and letting them bask in the glory of success.

Our pro-social emotions of kindness, empathy, loyalty and firgun tied us together into couples and families, bands and tribes.

Israelis, moreover, will not withdraw from any territory liable to become staging grounds for terrorist groups empowered by international agencies and convinced of their ability to murder Israelis with impunity. Israel will pursue policies with or without firgun.

Antonyms for firgun

Common opposites include schadenfreude.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include confelicity, freudenfreude, gratulation, delighter, elation, delightedness.

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