Tom was a sadistic father.
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Sadistic
//səˈdɪstɪk//
Synonyms for "sadistic" (53 found)
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Related words (26)
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
9 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سادى adj (of a person)
Bulgarian
1 entries- садистичен adj (of a person)
Catalan
2 entries- sàdic adj (of a person)
- sàdic adj (of behaviour)
Czech
1 entries- sadistický adj (of a person)
Danish
1 entries- sadistisk adj (of a person)
Dutch
2 entries- sadistisch adj (of a person)
- sadistisch adj (of behaviour)
Esperanto
1 entries- sadisma adj (of a person)
Finnish
2 entries- sadistinen adj (of a person)
- sadistinen adj (of behaviour)
French
2 entries- sadique adj (of a person)
- sadique adj (of behaviour)
Georgian
2 entries- სადისტური adj (of a person)
- სადისტური adj (of behaviour)
German
1 entries- sadistisch adj (of a person)
Greek
2 entries- σαδιστής adj (of a person)
- σαδιστικός adj (of behaviour)
Hindi
2 entries- परपीड़क adj (of a person)
- परपीड़क adj (of behaviour)
Hungarian
2 entries- szadista adj (of a person)
- szadista adj (of behaviour)
Italian
2 entries- sadico adj (of a person)
- sadico adj (of behaviour)
Norman
2 entries- sadistique adj (of a person)
- sadistique adj (of behaviour)
Piedmontese
2 entries- sàdich adj (of a person)
- sàdich adj (of behaviour)
Polish
2 entries- sadystyczny adj (of a person)
- sadystyczny adj (of behaviour)
Portuguese
2 entries- sádico adj (of a person)
- sádico adj (of behaviour)
Romanian
1 entries- sadic adj (of a person)
Russian
2 entries- сади́стский adj (of a person)
- сади́стский adj (of behaviour)
Spanish
2 entries- ensañarse adj (of a person)
- sádico adj (of a person)
Ukrainian
4 entries- сади́стський adj (of a person)
- сади́стський adj (of behaviour)
- садисти́чний adj (of a person)
- садисти́чний adj (of behaviour)
Yiddish
1 entries- סאַדיסטיש adj (of a person)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Fadil was a sadistic sociopath.
Source: tatoeba (5883051)
Sami could flick the switch from being a sadistic killer to a loving and caring father.
Source: tatoeba (6539701)
Tom is sadistic.
Source: tatoeba (8908534)
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