plural sadists
: 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
Terrence RaffertyTo 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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Art is a true clown and a true sadist, a combination that yields the most repulsive kills in any of the films or shows represented on this list.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 May 2025
The Whitfield threat is over, as Spencer puts a bullet in the sadist’s head.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 6 Apr. 2025
In the face of international law enforcement pressure, dozens of prosecutions, and worldwide disrepute, the network of young sadists, misanthropes, child predators, and extortionists known as Com and 764 has not shrunk away into obscurity.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2025
The film follows Carin (Grace) and Allie (Shipka), whose road trip takes a harrowing turn when the two young women are kidnapped by a cold-blooded sadist and thrust into a brutal game of survival.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 9 May 2025
The Whitfield threat is over, as Spencer puts a bullet in the sadist’s head.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 6 Apr. 2025
In the face of international law enforcement pressure, dozens of prosecutions, and worldwide disrepute, the network of young sadists, misanthropes, child predators, and extortionists known as Com and 764 has not shrunk away into obscurity.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2025
The film follows Carin (Grace) and Allie (Shipka), whose road trip takes a harrowing turn when the two young women are kidnapped by a cold-blooded sadist and thrust into a brutal game of survival.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Sadist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sadist. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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