Hard-hearted
Hard-hearted adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Sadistic
Sadistic adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: the troubled youth is being treated by a psychotherapist for his sadistic urges to hurt animals
Hard-hearted and sadistic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hard-hearted" instead an adjective "Sadistic".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- harsh and hard-hearted
- harsh and sadistic
- barbarous and hard-hearted
- barbarous and sadistic
- brutal and hard-hearted
- brutal and sadistic
- savage and hard-hearted
- savage and sadistic
- hard and hard-hearted
- hard and sadistic
- vicious and hard-hearted
- vicious and sadistic
- unkind and hard-hearted
- unkind and sadistic
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Sadistic and Hard-hearted. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard-hearted/sadistic
Hard-hearted & Sadistic. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard-hearted/sadistic>.
Sadistic or Hard-hearted. 2016. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hard-hearted/sadistic.
