Sadists

Sadists are people who feel joy at seeing their victims suffer, either physically, mentally, or both. This kind of cruelty is also known as "schadenfreude" (from "schaden" = "injury"; "freude" = "joy"), though that term generally refers to cases where the sadist derives pleasure from pain inflicted by something other than themselves.

These villains can be delusional, for example, if they convince themselves that their enemies must suffer and take enjoyment in doing. Note

• Do NOT add ANY sadomasochists (who also take pleasure out of inflicting pain unto themselves) under this category, no matter how sadistic they may be, no exceptions.
• Villains who simply give off creepy or slasher smiles without being outwardly sadistic or enjoying anyone's pain also do not qualify.
• Being a sadist does not always mean that the character is Chaotic Evil and vice versa. In fact, it is also possible for Neutral Evil and Lawful Evil villains or even characters with Lawful Neutral and Chaotic Neutral alignments to be sadists too.
• Just because a villain is extremely evil and ruthless doesn't automatically mean they are sadistic, as some of them can be completely indifferent about other's suffering