URGENT - Liking bad things

[JOEYGREEN]

What is the word where you like bad things?? Please help. Thanks

[Octavius]

You are going to have be more explicit.

naughty ?

[JOEYGREEN]

Yes, like when you like inflicting pain or seeing people upset, in pain etc. Not a sadist because thats more to do with sexual perversion of cruel things isn't it?

[liquidspace]

sadist?

[crete]

psychopathic ?

[curlyfilm]

just plain naughty..............lol

[Octavius]

deviant?
iniquitous?

Sadist/Sadism is not always about sex - it is generally the deprivation of pleasure as a result of the suffering of others. This can be about sex, but it generally only becomes sexual when the masochism part is added.

Someone with a sadistic personality disorder does not solely relate to sexual deviance.

[JOEYGREEN]

Thanks all. I think I'm going to use iniquitous. Thanks a lot

[bednobs]

Schadenfreude

[Skreecheeboy]

Hate to be pedantical Octavius but masochism is actually gratification through having pain inflicted on oneself, whereas sadism is gratification through inflicting pain on others, and neither necessarily has to be used in a sexual context.

[JOEYGREEN]

Ha! Thanks bednobs, that is perfect. The person I needed this word for speaks German! excellent thanks.

[bednobs]

although it's a german word, it has been incorporated into the english language, so other people apart from germans willl know what it means (taking pleasure in someone elses misery or misfortune)
ie like doppleganger - although that is german,people will know what it means cause its now part of the english language

[Octavius]

I ignored the point about masochism in itself as the Q refers to inflicting on 'others'.

My point was, that when used together they infer sexual deviance, but may not necessarily be so - I don't understand why you corrected me, pedantic or otherwise but if you hate doing it, I am sure you derived some masochistic pleasure from it! You iniquitous deviant!

[JOEYGREEN]

LOL Octavious.

Thanks again bednobs. I love the German language. I started A Level German but quit because I was a very silly girl. Wish I'd have done it now. I have taught my 5 year old son the basics, you know the hello, goodbye, my name is, even - I have a green dog/red cat (try and get him interested! LOL)

[Skreecheeboy]

Yeah, I only said that as I was hoping you would say "Actually Skreech, the word is pedantic" but you didn't fall into my cunning trap!

[Octavius]

Well I didn�t want to engage in any pedantalical tete-a-tete

[ummmm]

You people really do make me laugh :-)