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sadist

/ˈseɪdɪst/noun

उच्चारण सेडिस्ट

दूसरों को कष्ट देकर आनंद पाने वाला, परपीड़क

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noun
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    [C]

    a person who gets pleasure, especially sexual pleasure, from hurting other people

    दूसरों को कष्ट देकर आनंद पाने वाला, परपीड़क

    • Only a sadist could enjoy watching the animals suffer.
    • The warden was a sadist who punished boys for the pleasure of it.
    • The villain of the novel is a cold, cruel sadist.
    + 2 more examples
    • Only a sadist would laugh at a helpless animal.
    • The teacher was called a sadist by students who feared his punishments.

    Synonyms torturer brute

    Opposite masochist

◇Word family
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

torturer brute

Antonyms

masochist

AaSpelling

sad·ist

⌂Word origin and word building

From the Marquis de Sade, a French writer.

French लेखक Marquis de Sade से।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: a person who enjoys inflicting pain on others is a sadist; one who enjoys suffering pain himself is a masochist.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: दूसरों को कष्ट देकर आनंद पाने वाला sadist; खुद कष्ट सहकर आनंद पाने वाला masochist।