English Explanatory Dictionary

sadistic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain or humiliation of others.
  2. Of behaviour which takes pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others.
  3. Causing a high degree of pain or humiliation.

Pronunciation

/səˈdɪstɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sadistic.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-sadistic.wav

Word forms

sadistic more sadistic most sadistic

Etymology

From sadist + -ic.

Synonyms

demonic inhuman spiteful barbarous bowelless brutal compassionless cruel despiteful diabolic diabolical fell incessive inclement inhumane malicious merciless nasty nonhumane pitiless remorseless rotten ruthless sadistic savage truculent unbenevolent unbenign unkind unmerciful unpitiful unpitying

Related words

sadism

Derived words

anal-sadistic necrosadistic nonsadistic sadistically sadisticness sadistic personality disorder unsadistic unsadistically zoosadistic

Translations

Arabic: سادى Bulgarian: садистичен Catalan: sàdic Czech: sadistický Danish: sadistisk Dutch: sadistisch Esperanto: sadisma Finnish: sadistinen French: sadique Georgian: სადისტური German: sadistisch Greek: σαδιστής Hindi: परपीड़क Hungarian: szadista Italian: sadico Norman: sadistique Piedmontese: sàdich Polish: sadystyczny Portuguese: sádico Romanian: sadic Russian: сади́стский Spanish: sádico Spanish: ensañarse Ukrainian: сади́стський Ukrainian: садисти́чний Yiddish: סאַדיסטיש
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