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    sadistic
    /səˈdɪstɪk/

    adjective

    • 1. deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others: "she took a sadistic pleasure in tormenting him"

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  2. SADISTIC definition: 1. getting pleasure, sometimes sexual, by being cruel to or hurting another person: 2. getting…. Learn more.

  3. : of, relating to, or characterized by sadism. sadistic fantasies. : taking pleasure in the infliction of pain, punishment, or humiliation on others. a leg … sawed off in sections by a sadistic surgeon The New Yorker. For my 41st birthday, an especially sadistic buddy gave me a video of me falling off my skateboard nearly 160 times.

  4. If you kick your little brother in the shin and feel a strange sense of enjoyment as you watch him cry, then you’re being sadistic, meaning that you get pleasure from hurting others.

  5. Sadistic definition: pertaining to or characterized by sadism; deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from extreme cruelty. See examples of SADISTIC used in a sentence.

  6. Definition of sadistic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. adjective. A sadistic person obtains pleasure from hurting other people and making them suffer physically or mentally. The prisoners rioted against mistreatment by sadistic guards. There was a sadistic streak in him. Synonyms: cruel, savage, brutal, beastly [informal] More Synonyms of sadistic. sadistically (sədɪstɪkli)graded adverb.

  8. There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective sadistic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.