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sadist
noun [ C ]
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/ˈsæd.ɪst/ uk
/ˈseɪ.dɪst/
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a person who gets pleasure, sometimes sexual, by being cruel to or hurting another person

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sadistic
sadistically
(Definition of sadist from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

sadist | Intermediate English

sadist
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈseɪ·dɪst, ˈsæd·ɪst/
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a person who gets pleasure from hurting another person

sadism

noun [ U ] us
/ˈseɪˌdɪz·əm, ˈsædˌɪz-/

sadistic

adjective us
/səˈdɪs·tɪk/
a sadistic acts
(Definition of sadist from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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in Chinese (Traditional)
虐待狂者, 性虐狂者…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
施虐狂者, 性施虐狂者…
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in Spanish
sádico, sádica…
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sádico, sádica…
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サディスト, サド, 加虐性愛者…
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sàdic, -a…
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سادي…
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가학 성애자…
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