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sadistic

sadistic

59 8.6
Taking pleasure from hurting or humiliating other people
  • adjective
  • /səˈdɪstɪk/
  • Offensive
translation icon : sádico
  • 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.

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Examples

  • You mean when he turned into a vicious, sadistic killer?

  • Waiting for a chance to get back at those sadistic guards.

  • Now with that being said, I think in some sadistic way he made me a better person.

  • Would you say you've built this almost like sadistic quality where you almost enjoy the pain?

  • So there are people that just are very sadistic and psychopathic and like to kill people.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • The eyes of the nation are on Metro City as these sadistic siblings await side-by-side seats in the electric chair.

  • The sadistic murderer took pleasure in torturing his victims.

Synonyms

cruel
vssadistic
522 2.7

Willing to cause pain or suffering to others

derives pleasure from causing pain rather than merely acting without compassion
brutal
vssadistic
  • NSFW
229 4.8

Very cruel and violent, causing pain or suffering

finds pleasure in causing pain rather than merely being violent
sado
vssadistic
  • NSFW
1 9.6

Showing enjoyment in causing pain to others

focuses on deriving sexual pleasure specifically from inflicting pain

Antonyms

534 1.0

Being helpful and caring toward other people

151 3.7

Feeling concern and care for people who suffer

Compounds

sadistic tendency
  • Offensive
9.0

A wish to hurt other people because it gives pleasure

How Sadistic

sadistic
  • Offensive
59 8.6
cruel
522 2.7
indifferent
46 4.4
compassionate
151 3.7

Surface Forms

sadistic positive
sadisticker comparative
sadisticest superlative

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.