sadistic

English

Etymology

From sadist +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈdɪstɪk/

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Adjective

sadistic (comparative more sadistic, superlative most sadistic)

1. Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain or humiliation of others.
   • 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club‎:

     Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.

2. Of behaviour which gives pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others.
3. (colloquial) Causing a high degree of pain or humiliation.

Derived terms

• anal-sadistic
• sadistic personality disorder

 

Related terms

• sadism

Translations

of a person

Arabic: سادى Bulgarian: садистичен (bg) (sadističen) Catalan: sàdic (ca) Czech: sadistický (cs) Danish: sadistisk Dutch: sadistisch (nl) Esperanto: sadisma Finnish: sadistinen (fi) French: sadique (fr) Georgian: სადისტური (sadisṭuri) German: sadistisch (de) Greek: σαδιστής (el) (sadistís) Hindi: परपीड़क (parpīṛak) Hungarian: szadista (hu) Italian: sadico (it) Norman: sadistique Piedmontese: sàdich Polish: sadystyczny (pl) Portuguese: sádico Romanian: sadic (ro) m or n Russian: сади́стский (ru) (sadístskij) Spanish: sádico (es), ensañarse (es) (be sadistic) Ukrainian: сади́стський (sadýstsʹkyj), садисти́чний (sadystýčnyj) Yiddish: סאַדיסטיש (sadistish)

of behaviour

Catalan: sàdic (ca) Dutch: sadistisch (nl) Finnish: sadistinen (fi) French: sadique (fr) Georgian: სადისტური (sadisṭuri) Greek: σαδιστικός (el) (sadistikós) Hindi: परपीड़क (parpīṛak) Hungarian: szadista (hu) Italian: sadico (it) Norman: sadistique Piedmontese: sàdich Polish: sadystyczny (pl) Portuguese: sádico Russian: сади́стский (ru) (sadístskij) Ukrainian: сади́стський (sadýstsʹkyj), садисти́чний (sadystýčnyj)