Meanings
comparative more sadistic · superlative most sadistic
- 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.
2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2012Synonyms: demonic, inhuman, spiteful, barbarous, bowelless, brutal, compassionless, cruel
- Of behaviour which takes pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others.
- colloquialCausing a high degree of pain or humiliation.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDelighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain or humiliation of others.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivederiving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic سادى
- سادىof a person
Bulgarian садистичен
- садистичен (sadističen)of a person
Catalan sàdic, sàdic
- sàdicof behaviour
- sàdicof a person
Czech sadistický
- sadistickýof a person
Danish sadistisk
- sadistiskof a person
Dutch sadistisch, sadistisch
- sadistischof behaviour
- sadistischof a person
Esperanto sadisma
- sadismaof a person
Finnish sadistinen, sadistinen
- sadistinenof behaviour
- sadistinenof a person
French sadique, sadique
- sadiqueof behaviour
- sadiqueof a person
German sadistisch
- sadistischof a person
Greek σαδιστικός, σαδιστής
- σαδιστικός (sadistikós)of behaviour
- σαδιστής (sadistís)of a person
Hindi परपीड़क, परपीड़क
- परपीड़क (parpīṛak)of behaviour
- परपीड़क (parpīṛak)of a person
Hungarian szadista, szadista
- szadistaof behaviour
- szadistaof a person
Italian sadico, sadico
- sadicoof behaviour
- sadicoof a person
Polish sadystyczny, sadystyczny
- sadystycznyof behaviour
- sadystycznyof a person
Portuguese sádico, sádico
- sádicoof behaviour
- sádicoof a person
Romanian sadic
- sadicof a person
Russian сади́стский, сади́стский
- сади́стский (sadístskij)of behaviour
- сади́стский (sadístskij)of a person
Spanish sádico, ensañarse
- sádicoof a person
- ensañarseof a person
Ukrainian сади́стський, садисти́чний
- сади́стський (sadýstsʹkyj)of behaviour
- садисти́чний (sadystýčnyj)of behaviour
- сади́стський (sadýstsʹkyj)of a person
- садисти́чний (sadystýčnyj)of a person
Yiddish סאַדיסטיש
- סאַדיסטיש (sadistish)of a person
Cite this entry
sadistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sadistic
“sadistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sadistic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sadistic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sadistic.
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