sadistic

1. 1.

   deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another

   Antonymsmasochistic

Questions about sadistic

What does sadistic mean?

sadistic means "deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another".

How many syllables are in sadistic?

sadistic has 3 syllables: sa-dis-tic. The stress falls on "dis". In IPA it is /səˈdɪstɪk/.

What is the opposite of sadistic?

The recorded antonyms are masochistic.

Is sadistic a common word?

sadistic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sadistic?

1 word rhymes with sadistic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.