masochistic personality

Save This Word!

A personality disorder characterized by the exploitation or infliction of pain on others or oneself so as to gain personal satisfaction or pleasure.

QUIZZES

Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

Question 1 of 7

Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

And, especially when it comes to the middle, personality counts.
Why This Liberal Hearts Huckabee|Sally Kohn|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This is Bey and Nicki at their most lyrically masochistic, and boy, is it a treat.
The 14 Best Songs of 2014: Bobby Shmurda, Future Islands, Drake, and More|Marlow Stern|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“We won the war,” the Fox News personality proclaimed last week.
Why I’m for the War on Christmas|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“He was an absolutely gray and insignificant personality,” says Kurnosova.
Russians Plot Exiled Government in Kiev|Anna Nemtsova|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But there was a lot more to Turner than a masochistic mission to understand the elements.
Why Can’t Movies Capture Genius?|Clive Irving|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
However, on reaching Spain, the magic of the Emperor's personality soon restored the vigour and prestige of the French arms.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
It represents an engaging personality, in which vivacity and sensibility are distinctly indicated.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
Jean Baptiste possessed great personality, and to be near one was to effect that one with it.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
The new monarch, with his striking personality and good looks, at once captivated the hearts of his fickle Southern subjects.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
She had expected personality, magnetism, as a compensation for nature's external economies.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton