different between cynical vs sadist

English

Etymology

Originated 1580–90 from cynic +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n?k?l/
• Homophone: sinical

Adjective

cynical (comparative more cynical, superlative most cynical)

1. Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
2. Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.
3. Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.

   • He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark-for instance, he would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.

4. Showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions.

   • When he, at Neergard's cynical suggestion, had consented to exploit his own club […] and had consented to resign from it to do so, he had every reason to believe that Neergard meant to either mulct them heavily or buy them out. In either case, having been useful to Neergard, his profits from the transaction would have been considerable.

5. (medicine, rare) Like the actions of a snarling dog, especially in reference to facial nerve paralysis.

Translations

References

• “cynical”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “cynical” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "cynical" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
• cynical at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• calycin

English

Etymology

From the name of the Marquis de Sade; see sadism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?se?d?st/, /?sædist/
• Rhymes: -e?d?st, -æd?st

Noun

sadist (plural sadists)

1. One who derives pleasure through cruelty or pain to others.

Derived terms

• sadistic

Related terms

• sadism
• sadomasochist

Translations

See also

• masochist, mysoped

Anagrams

• Adsits, saidst, tsadis

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sadist/, [sa?d?isd?]

Noun

sadist c (singular definite sadisten, plural indefinite sadister)

1. sadist

Inflection

Antonyms

• masochist

Related terms

• sadisme
• sadistisk

Further reading

• sadist on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnia, Serbia): sàdista

Etymology

From Sade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?dist/
• Hyphenation: sa?dist

Noun

sàdist m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. sadist

Declension

References

• “sadist” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal