Sadistic and Wanton

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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

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Wanton and sadistic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wanton" instead an adjective "Sadistic".

Nearby Words: sadism, sadistically, sadist

Wanton adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.

Usage example: a wanton attack on unarmed civilians

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Sadistic and wanton are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Sadistic" instead an adjective "Wanton".

Nearby Word: wantonly

Her wanton and sadistic abuse of Acheron is treated throughout the entire book as being completely unacceptable.

Source: Literature / The Dark Hunters
However, Goshy's apparent incompetence is offset by his appetite for wanton destruction and uncanny bursts of sadistic intelligence, and Doopy will fly into a homicidal rage if his brother is even mildly threatened.

Source: Psychopathic Manchild

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