inhuman

inhuman
[[t]ɪ̱nhju͟ːmən[/t]]
1) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe treatment or an action as inhuman, you mean that it is extremely cruel.

The detainees are often held in cruel and inhuman conditions...

The barbaric slaughter of whales is unnecessary and inhuman.

2) ADJ-GRADED If you describe someone or something as inhuman, you mean that they are strange or bad because they do not seem human in some way.

...those inhuman shrieks that rent the air and chilled my heart.


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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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