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Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sadistic

'deriving pleasure from inflicting pain' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for sadistic that I've seen before include "nasty" , "Gaining pleasure from inflicting pain" , "Enjoying inflicting pain" , "This kind of person enjoys cruelty" , "Enjoying others' pain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Irish Times.
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