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Meanings of sadist in английском

португальский
pessoa sádica
каталонский
sàdic

Someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others.

pessoa sádica
Usage of sadist in английском
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The sadist specialised in people who were in a position of dependence.
The girl with the dragon tattoo
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JK Simmons got his well-deserved best supporting actor as the bullet-headed sadist.
The Guardian
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Oscar Ortega has a reputation for being a bit of a sadist.
The Irish Times
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Grey instead explains to us in 559 pages why he's a sadist.
The Irish Times
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Corruptible sadist... Christopher Fulford as Inspector Truscott in Loot.
The Guardian
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Are you a greater sadist than the 'lovely' Counselor Quorin, then?
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
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As before, an anonymous sadist is trying to manipulate people, with fatal consequences.
The Guardian
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Even Freud knew it: every sadist becomes a masochist at last.
The illuminatus! trilogy
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And the bath thing wasn't part of the deal, you sadist.
Stolen heat
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But what sort of sadist would want to watch his agony further prolonged?
The Guardian
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The Countess was notorious as an inhuman sadist long before her hygienic fixation.
The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology
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Fletcher's steely calm makes her a potent villain, but not a sadist exactly.
The Guardian
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You recall the sadist Duke Kyrg, do you not, your majesty?
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
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Any sufficiently advanced alien intelligence is indistinguishable from God-theangry monotheistic sadist subtype.
The Fuller Memorandum
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He might be a scoundrel, but he wasn't a bloody sadist.
The notorious scoundrel
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He seemed to be only a poor devil, not a sadist.
Who killed palomino molero?
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португальский
pessoa sádica
каталонский
sàdic
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