masochist
/ˈmæsəkɪst/
noun
- A person who enjoys experiencing pain or humiliation, especially for sexual pleasure.
- Some people mistakenly think a masochist always wants to be hurt, but it's more about the psychological dynamic.
- The therapist explained that a masochist may derive pleasure from physical or emotional suffering.
- In the novel, the character is a masochist who seeks out painful situations.
- A person who seems to enjoy or seek out difficult, unpleasant, or self-defeating situations in everyday life.
- You'd have to be a masochist to run a marathon in this heat.
- Only a masochist would volunteer to organize the office holiday party every year.
- He's a total masochist — he keeps taking on extra projects even though he's already overwhelmed.