masochistic

American  

[mas-uh-kis-tik, maz‑] / ˌmæs əˈkɪs tɪk, ˌmæz‑ /

adjective

1. Psychiatry.  having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.

2. gratified by pain, degradation, deprivation, etc., inflicted on oneself either by one's own actions or the actions of others.

3. tending to be self-destructive.

4. tending to find pleasure in self-denial, submissiveness, degradation, etc.

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Other Word Forms

• masochistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of masochistic

masoch(ism) + -istic

Example Sentences

“I would absolutely have done that as my masochistic 28-year-old self. Hike in the heat of the day? Let’s go.”

From Los Angeles Times

And he has excellent material in Prefontaine: The runner’s mane of long hair and Hollywood looks made him a crowd-pleaser; his borderline masochistic drive made him a winner.

From The Wall Street Journal

I must admit that I, too, was not masochistic enough to read it.

From Salon

That was important to us, is that she’d still be funny or have that sense of humor, like that’s her masochistic side.

From Los Angeles Times

I know it sounds crazy, but we actors are kind of masochistic.

From Los Angeles Times