sadistic
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sa·dis·tic /səˈdɪstɪk/ adjective CRUELcruel and enjoying making other people suffer 施虐癖的 → masochistic He took sadistic pleasure in humiliating her. 羞辱她让他有一种施虐的快感。 sadistic fantasies 施虐的幻想► see thesaurus at cruel, unkind —sadistically /-kli/ adverb
Examples from the Corpus
sadistic• Carter turned to her with a sadistic glint in his eye.• Cardea responds, a mildly sadistic glint in his eye.• The principal was a sadistic man who enjoyed tormenting his students.• But, of course, she had known about the sadistic part.• "I'm afraid you will never see your children again, '' he said with a sadistic smile.• But Peckinpah is unable to create any objectivity towards the sadistic spectacle, in the manner of, say, Akira Kurosawa.• We children suffered through dull repetitive schoolwork, under the lash of sadistic teachers.• In the film, Khan portrays a murderer who gets a deep sadistic thrill out of killing.sadistic pleasure• Hidden among its sunburst symbols was an obscure, sadistic pleasure.• One sensed an almost sadistic pleasure from Braves manager Bobby Cox as he nailed down Game 2.• I was terrified Voice over Nottingham Crown court heard medical evidence showed Fisher took no sadistic pleasure in violent attacks on women.sa·dis·tic adjectiveChineseSyllable
suffer other making Corpus enjoying and people cruel
sadistic
sa‧dis‧tic /səˈdɪstɪk/
adjective
cruel and enjoying making other people suffer ⇨ masochistic:
He took sadistic pleasure in humiliating her.
sadistic fantasies
—sadistically /-kli/ adverb
sa‧dis‧tic /səˈdɪstɪk/
adjectivecruel and enjoying making other people suffer ⇨ masochistic:
—sadistically /-kli/ adverb