different between sadistic vs melancholic

sadistic

English

Etymology

sadist +? -ic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s??d?st?k/

Adjective

sadistic (comparative more sadistic, superlative most sadistic)

  1. Delighting in or feeling pleasure from the pain or humiliation of others.
  2. Of behaviour which gives pleasure in the pain or humiliation of others.
  3. (colloquial) Causing a high degree of pain or humiliation.

Related terms

  • sadism

Translations

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melancholic

English

Alternative forms

  • melancholick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????????? (melankholikós, atrabilious, impulsive, of atrabilious or melancholic temperament), from ?????????? (melankholía, melancholy).

Adjective

melancholic (comparative more melancholic, superlative most melancholic)

  1. Filled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
    • Just as the melancholic eye / Sees fleets and armies in the sky.

Translations

Noun

melancholic (plural melancholics)

  1. A person who is habitually melancholy.

Translations

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