different between sadist vs pessimist

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

English

Etymology

From French pessimiste, from Latin pessimus (“worst”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s?m?st/

Noun

pessimist (plural pessimists)

1. Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.

Antonyms

• optimist

Hyponyms

• bear (in finance)

Related terms

• pessimism
• pessimistic

Translations

Danish

Noun

pessimist c (singular definite pessimisten, plural indefinite pessimister)

1. pessimist

Declension

Antonyms

• optimist

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

pessimist m (plural pessimisten, diminutive pessimistje n, feminine pessimiste)

1. pessimist

Synonyms

• (pessimist): doemdenker, zwartdenker, zwartkijker

Descendants

• Indonesian: pesimis

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pessimist m (definite singular pessimisten, indefinite plural pessimister, definite plural pessimistene)

1. a pessimist

Antonyms

• optimist

Related terms

• pessimisme

References

• “pessimist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pessimist m (definite singular pessimisten, indefinite plural pessimistar, definite plural pessimistane)

1. a pessimist

Antonyms

• optimist

Related terms

• pessimisme

References

• “pessimist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.