sadistic
pronunciation
How to pronounce sadistic in British English:
UK [sə'dɪstɪk]
How to pronounce sadistic in American English:
US [sə'dɪstɪk]
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- Adjective:
- deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another
Word Origin
- sadistic (adj.)
- 1892, after German sadistisch; see sadism. Related: Sadistically.
Example
- 1. It 's an exercise in sadistic conversational gamesmanship .
- 2. They were cruel and sadistic invaders .
- 3. I 'd call him a sadistic , hippophilic necrophile , but that would be beating a dead horse .
- 4. The sadistic murder of a two-year-old boy in liverpool last week provoked public outrage .
- 5. Maruo said the comic " das kapital " had been planned earlier this year after a revival hit of the 1929 communist novel " the crab factory ship , " which portrays a ship 's crew forced into harsh labor under a sadistic captain .