sadistnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈseɪ.dɪst/us/ˈsæd.ɪst/a person who gets pleasure, sometimes sexual, by being cruel to or hurting another person
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Unpleasant people in general
- a dog in the manger idiom
- a nasty piece of work idiom
- a tough/hard nut idiom
- a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom
- bad lot
- intruder
- know-all
- know-it-all
- leech
- make sb's skin crawl idiom
- roadman
- rotter
- runt
- scum
- scumbag
- undesirables
- vermin
- villain
- villain of the piece idiom
- viper
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sadistic
adjective uk/səˈdɪs.tɪk/us/səˈdɪs.tɪk/
sadistic behaviour/pleasure
sadistically
adverb uk/səˈdɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/us/səˈdɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/