inhuman

inhuman
Synonyms and related words:
Draconian, Tartarean, animal, anthropophagous, atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, beastly, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, brutal, brutalized, brute, brutish, callous, cannibalistic, cold-blooded, cruel, cruel-hearted, demoniac, demoniacal, demonic, demonish, demonlike, devil-like, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, fell, feral, ferine, ferocious, fiendish, fiendlike, fierce, ghoulish, heartless, hellish, implacable, infernal, inhumane, insensitive, kill-crazy, malicious, malign, malignant, merciless, murderous, noncivilized, ogreish, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, sadistic, sanguinary, sanguineous, satanic, savage, severe, sharkish, slavering, subhuman, tameless, truculent, unchristian, uncivilized, uncompassionate, unfeeling, ungentle, unhuman, unkind, unkindly, unrelenting, unsympathetic, untamed, vicious, wild, wolfish

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  • inhuman — inhuman, inhumane The difference in meaning between these two words corresponds to that between human and humane (see human, humane). Inhuman means ‘lacking the qualities proper to human behaviour; cruel, brutal’, whereas inhumane denotes a lack… …   Modern English usage

  • Inhuman — In*hu man, a. [L. inhumanus: cf. F. inhumain. See {In } not, and {Human}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Inhuman — may refer to: *Inhuman (album), an album by Desecration *Inhumans, a fictional Marvel Comics raceee also*Human *Human (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

  • inhuman — index brutal, cruel, diabolic, harsh, malignant, oppressive, ruthless, vicious Burton s Legal Thesaurus …   Law dictionary

  • inhuman — mid 15c., cruel, from L. inhumanus inhuman, savage, cruel, rude, barbarous, from in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + humanus human (see HUMAN (Cf. human)). Spelled inhumane till 18c. (see HUMANE (Cf. h …   Etymology dictionary

  • inhuman — Adj. (Oberstufe) geh.: die Menschenwürde verletzend, nicht menschlich Synonyme: unmenschlich, menschenfeindlich, menschenunwürdig Beispiel: Illegale Einwanderer wurden in mehreren Haftanstalten im Land inhuman behandelt. Kollokation: inhumane… …   Extremes Deutsch

  • Inhuman — u. Inhumanität (v. lat.), Gegensatz von Human u. Humanität, s.d …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Inhumān — (lat.), unmenschlich, hart, ungebildet; Inhumanität, Unmenschlichkeit …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Inhuman — Inhumān (lat.), unmenschlich, hart; ungefällig; Inhumanität, Unmenschlichkeit, Unfreundlichkeit …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • inhuman — savage, barbarous, *fierce, truculent, ferocious, cruel, fell Analogous words: pitiless, ruthless (see corresponding nouns at SYMPATHY): malign, malignant, *malicious: merciless, relentless, unrelenting, implacable, *grim: *fiendish, diabolical,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • inhuman — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking positive human qualities; cruel and barbaric. 2) not human in nature or character. DERIVATIVES inhumanly adverb …   English terms dictionary

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