səˈdistik, -tēk also sāˈd- or saˈd- sometimes säˈd- or sȧˈd- adjective
: of or characterized by sadism
homosexual practices accompanied by strong sadistic and masochistic fantasies — Charles Anderson
a leg … sawed off in sections by a sadistic surgeon — New Yorker
• sa·dis·ti·cal·ly -tə̇k(ə)lē, -tēk-, -li adverb