sadist

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Asked why he used other insults including "scumbag, grooming, homophobic, sadist", Mr Linehan replied: "I don't think there's anything lower than a man who bullies a woman."

From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025

Fromm covers much of this ground again, analyzing Heinrich Himmler and Josef Stalin as case studies of the sadist driven by the need to dominate.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2024

In his sweeping 1965 novel “Dune,” Herbert introduced one for the ages: a corpulent, power-hungry sadist with the suitably sinister name of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2021

“J’Nai is a low-key sadist when it comes to exercise,” says her best friend, Sakura Myers, a classical pianist who also played state championship basketball in high school.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2019

So where does he get off to call me a public avenger and a sadist and everything?

From "Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose