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sadistic

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/səˈdɪstɪk/

Definition of sadistic

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain or humiliation of others.
    “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.”
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adj

  1. Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain or humiliation of others.
    “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 takes pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others.
  3. (colloquial)Causing a high degree of pain or humiliation.

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Etymology

From sadist + -ic.

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