sadist
noun
sa·dist
| \ ˈsā-dist
, ˈsa-\
, ˈsa-\
plural sadists
Definition of sadist
: one characterized by sadism : a person who takes pleasure in inflicting pain, punishment, or humiliation on others
a sexual sadist He's a sadist and, where Toby is concerned, an unusually relentless one: he's in the boy's face constantly, prodding, belittling, taunting.— Terrence Rafferty To the penal colony, the cat-o'-nine-tails was a tool more basic than the hoe. On Norfolk Island, where the camp was commanded by a succession of sadists, there were other forms of torture as well …— Clive James
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