sadistic
- adjective
- /səˈdɪstɪk/
- Offensive
- I stared at the car and she noticed and that's when the most sadistic grin came across her face.
- sadistic fantasies
- sadistic scenes
- a sadistic act
Well they tend to have something sadistic in the content.
- Well they tend to have something sadistic in the content.
- She's not, you know, sadistic, She's not bullying.
- I find that I, I get weird sort of sadistic joy from irritating Ella.
- I was able to leave because of one final sadistic beating that broke through my denial.
- He's not only just an asshole, he's a controlling sadistic prick on top of that.
- Or maybe they're just sadistic and they don't want you to be happy.
- I stared at the car and she noticed and that's when the most sadistic grin came across her face.
- So there are people that just are very sadistic and psychopathic and like to kill people.
- Because the premise of catfishing is that you are trying to draw someone in and I guess get the sadistic Glee of playing them.
- And to cap it all off, because that's not enough, they're sadistic, which means they take positive delight in the suffering of others.
- Motivation for serious misbehavior, you might say, like sadistic murderousness and the enjoyment that can be derived from that.
- You know, they, they're sadistic to other species killing them for no good reason, sometimes doing terrible things.
- Like, what kind of sick, sadistic fuck wants to do that, you know, and then try like, you're a woman too and you're trafficking.
- It's when you're taken hostage or captive by a sadistic, tyrannical manipulator and you wind up identifying with your captivator.
- Psychopathic, narcissistic, Machiavellian and sadistic, all one night stand people.
- Telling someone to try harder is actually somewhat sadistic.
Examples
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You mean when he turned into a vicious, sadistic killer?
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Waiting for a chance to get back at those sadistic guards.
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Now with that being said, I think in some sadistic way he made me a better person.
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Would you say you've built this almost like sadistic quality where you almost enjoy the pain?
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So there are people that just are very sadistic and psychopathic and like to kill people.
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There was a certain sadistic joy in teasing Al at moments like this.
Fiction book (1992) -
The three adjectives which best describe this killer are sadistic... intelligent and dangerous.
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And to cap it all off, because that's not enough, they're sadistic, which means they take positive delight in the suffering of others.
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The eyes of the nation are on Metro City as these sadistic siblings await side-by-side seats in the electric chair.
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The sadistic murderer took pleasure in torturing his victims.
Synonyms
Willing to cause pain or suffering to others
Very cruel and violent, causing pain or suffering
Showing enjoyment in causing pain to others
Antonyms
Compounds
How Sadistic
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word sadistic comes from the name of a French nobleman, Marquis de Sade, who wrote stories about people who enjoyed hurting others. So sadistic today describes someone who 'enjoys causing pain or humiliation', and the related words sadism and sadist come from the same name.