served them right
- deservedRightfully earned or warranted
- karmaSpiritual cause and effect
- justiceFair treatment under law
- comeuppanceDeserved punishment or rebuke
- paybackRetaliation for wrongs
revenge · vindication · poetic justice · retribution · satisfying · schadenfreude · consequences · punishment · gloating · smug · bitter · lesson · hubris · downfall · ironic · fitting · nemesis · backfired
moral desert/justice
served them rightundeserved
Not rightfully owed
unfair · unjust · unmerited · wrongful · unwarranted
sympathy/attitude toward suffering
served them rightpoor thing
Expression of sympathetic pity
what a shame · how awful · bless their heart · how unfortunate · what a pity