English

Adjective

sadistic ‎(comparative more sadistic, superlative most sadistic)

1. Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain of others.
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games

     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.

2. Of behaviour which gives pleasure in the pain of others.

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• sadism

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