Delight
Delight verb - To feel or express joy or triumph.
Hurting
Hurting adjective - Causing or feeling bodily pain.
Both words in one sentence
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They have a mean streak that tends toward the sadistic; they may delight in hurting others, whether emotionally or physically, and often have little patience for anyone who disagrees with them.
Source: Jerkass Woobie -
He also treats hurting and killing people like some kind of game, laughing in delight when Buu ate cities or when his former loyal servant Dabura was beaten senseless and devoured.
Source: Psychopathic Manchild
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