# sadistic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /səˈdɪstɪk/ · frequency rank #23,092

## Definitions
1. Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain or humiliation of others.
2. Of behaviour which gives pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others.
3. The behavior of one who enjoys teasing others.
4. Causing a high degree of pain or humiliation.

## Etymology
From sadist + -ic.

## Easily confused with
- **statistic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadistic-vs-statistic)
- **sadist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sadist-vs-sadistic)

## Common misspellings (12)
`asdistic`, `saddistic`, `sadisitc`, `sadisstic`, `sadistci`, `sadisticc`, `sadisttic`, `saditsic`, `sadsitic`, `saidstic`, `sdaistic`, `ssadistic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sadistic