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sadistic — index brutal, cruel, diabolic, ruthless Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sadistic — (adj.) 1892, after Ger. sadistisch; see SADISM (Cf. sadism). Related: Sadistically … Etymology dictionary
sadistic — [adj] cruel, perverted barbarous, brutal, fiendish, perverse, ruthless, vicious; concepts 542,545 Ant. humane, kind, merciful … New thesaurus
sadistic — [[t]sədɪ̱stɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED A sadistic person obtains pleasure from hurting other people and making them suffer physically or mentally. The prisoners rioted against mistreatment by sadistic guards and a starvation diet... There was a sadistic… … English dictionary
sadistic — sa|dis|tic [səˈdıstık] adj cruel and enjoying making other people suffer →↑masochistic ▪ He took sadistic pleasure in humiliating her. ▪ sadistic fantasies >sadistically [ kli] adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
sadistic — adj. Sadistic is used with these nouns: ↑pleasure … Collocations dictionary
sadistic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cruel, brutal, fiendish; malicious, pernicious. See malevolence. Ant., gentle, kind. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cruel, brutal, vicious; see cruel 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY… … English dictionary for students
sadistic — adjective cruel and enjoying making other people suffer: He took a sadistic delight in humiliating her. sadistically / kli/ adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
sadistic — [səˈdɪstɪk] adj someone who is sadistic likes to hurt people … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
Sadistic personality disorder — is a personality disorder which only appeared in the revised third edition of the American Psychiatric Association s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM III R).Hucker, Stephen J.… … Wikipedia
