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Sadistic vs Pessimistic - What's the difference?

sadistic | pessimistic |

As adjectives the difference between sadistic and pessimistic

is that sadistic is delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain of others while pessimistic is marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.

sadistic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain of others.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.
  • Of behaviour which gives pleasure in the pain of others.

    • Related terms

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    pessimistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
    • a pessimistic view of the future
  • Pertaining to the worst-case scenario.
    • a pessimistic estimate

    Antonyms

    * optimistic

    Related terms

    * pessimal * pessimism * pessimist