"sadistic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /səˈdɪstɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sadistic.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more sadistic [comparative], most sadistic [superlative]
Etymology: sadist + -ic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sadist|ic}} sadist + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} sadistic (comparative more sadistic, superlative most sadistic)
  1. Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain or humiliation of others.
    Sense id: en-sadistic-en-adj-1yDZ-QJ4
  2. Of behaviour which gives pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others. Categories (topical): BDSM Translations (of behaviour): sàdic (Catalan), sadistisch (Dutch), sadistinen (Finnish), sadique (French), სადისტური (sadisṭuri) (Georgian), σαδιστικός (sadistikós) (Greek), परपीड़क (parpīṛak) (Hindi), szadista (Hungarian), sadico (Italian), sadistique (Norman), sàdich (Piedmontese), sadystyczny (Polish), sádico (Portuguese), сади́стский (sadístskij) (Russian), сади́стський (sadýstsʹkyj) (Ukrainian), садисти́чний (sadystýčnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-sadistic-en-adj-UHL4R5Mr Disambiguation of BDSM: 16 57 27 Disambiguation of 'of behaviour': 2 97 1
  3. (colloquial) Causing a high degree of pain or humiliation. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-sadistic-en-adj-S7kXl75m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sadistic personality disorder Related terms: sadism Translations (of a person): ⁧سادى⁩ (Arabic), садистичен (sadističen) (Bulgarian), sàdic (Catalan), sadistický (Czech), sadistisk (Danish), sadistisch (Dutch), sadisma (Esperanto), sadistinen (Finnish), sadique (French), სადისტური (sadisṭuri) (Georgian), sadistisch (German), σαδιστής (sadistís) (Greek), परपीड़क (parpīṛak) (Hindi), szadista (Hungarian), sadico (Italian), sadistique (Norman), sàdich (Piedmontese), sadystyczny (Polish), sádico (Portuguese), sadic [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), сади́стский (sadístskij) (Russian), sádico (Spanish), сади́стський (sadýstsʹkyj) (Ukrainian), садисти́чний (sadystýčnyj) (Ukrainian), ⁧סאַדיסטיש⁩ (sadistish) (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'of a person': 0 0 0

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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sadístskij",
      "sense": "of behaviour",
      "word": "сади́стский"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sadýstsʹkyj",
      "sense": "of behaviour",
      "word": "сади́стський"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sadystýčnyj",
      "sense": "of behaviour",
      "word": "садисти́чний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sadistic"
}

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