sadistic

sadistic
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. cruel, brutal, fiendish; malicious, pernicious. See malevolence. Ant., gentle, kind.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. cruel, brutal, vicious; see cruel 1 , 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.
[suh DIS tik]
enjoying or being sexually aroused from dominating or inflicting pain on others.
The sadistic dictator liked to torture his detractors.
SYN.: cruel, domineering, bossy, strict, harsh, dictatorial, aggressive, commanding, disciplinary, severe, nasty, dirty, perverse, *raunchy, sadomasochistic.
ANT.: masochistic

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