Sadistic
Sadistic adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Unpleasant and sadistic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unpleasant" instead an adjective "Sadistic".
Unpleasant
Unpleasant adjective - Not giving pleasure to the mind or senses.
Sadistic and unpleasant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sadistic" instead an adjective "Unpleasant".
Nearby Words: unpleasantness, unpleasantly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Faux Affably Evil: The Great Goblin, while thoroughly unpleasant and sadistic, seems to be rather jolly and articulate.
Source: Film / The Hobbit -
Asshole Victim: The murder victim, Lord Edgware, was an unpleasant man with sadistic tendencies.
Source: Literature / Lord Edgware Dies - Even Kotomine gets an A for Effort in Fate/Zero and Heavens Feel route despite numerous rather unpleasant to downright sadistic things he does for the evulz.
Source: Anti Villain / Video Games
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Unpleasant or Sadistic. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/sadistic/unpleasant.
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