unhumanadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈhjuːmən/, U.S.

/ˌənˈ(h)jumən/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1

1. Inhuman, inhumane, unmerciful, cruel:

a. Of actions, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective]

grimlyc893

retheeOE

grim971

bitterOE

bremec1175

grillc1175

grimfula1240

cruel1297

sturdy1297

fiercea1300

fellc1300

boistousa1387

felonousc1386

savagea1393

bestiala1398

bremelya1400

felona1400

hetera1400

cursedc1400

wicked14..

vengeablec1430

wolvishc1430

unnatural?1473

inhuman1481

brutisha1513

cruent1524

felonish1530

mannish1530

abominate1531

lionish1549

boarish?1550

truculent?c1550

unhumanc1550

lion-like1556

beastly1558

orped1567

raw?1573

tigerish?1573

unmanlike1579

boisterous1581

savaged1583

tiger-like1587

yond1590

truculental1593

savage wild1595

tigerous1597

inhumane1598

Neronian1598

immane1599

Phalarical1602

ungentle1603

feral1604

savagious1605

fierceful1607

Dionysian1608

wolvy1611

Hunnish1625

lionly1631

tigerly1633

savage-hearted1639

brutal1641

feroce1641

ferocious1646

asperous1650

ferousa1652

wolfish1674

tiger1763

savage-fierce1770

Tartar1809

Tartarly1821

Neroic1851

tigery1859

Neronic1864

unmannish1867

inhumanitarian1947

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective] > inhumanly

inhuman1481

unhumanc1550

beastly1558

unmanlike1579

inhumane1598

immane1599

Phalarical1602

unhuman1611

brutal1641

unmannish1867

brutalitarian1904

inhumanitarian1947

α.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xiv. 93 Ther for ȝe hef committit ane onhumain act.

1605 London Prodigall iii. ii. 185 That were vnchristian, and an vnhumane part.

1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 18 They..have..committed such unhumaine acts in murtheringe all they take.

a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 251 Unnaturall lust and unhumane crueltie.

β. 1646 H. Hammond Severall Tracts Pref. sig. *2 Not only the most unchristian, but unhuman practices.a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 39 Their insatiable avarice, and their unhuman and remorseless cruelty.1796 M. Robinson Angelina III. 373 Against parental authority so unhuman, nature has some plea.1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 36 A one-sided, unhuman, unworthy and altogether false assertion.

b. Of persons.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adjective] > merciless

orelesseOE

sternc1275

fell?c1335

unmerciablea1382

wantona1393

mercilessc1400

unmercifula1425

gracelessc1425

unmercifula1450

unmerciless1545

unsparinga1586

spareless1589

unhuman1611

inclement1621

unmercied1627

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective] > inhumanly

inhuman1481

unhumanc1550

beastly1558

unmanlike1579

inhumane1598

immane1599

Phalarical1602

unhuman1611

brutal1641

unmannish1867

brutalitarian1904

inhumanitarian1947

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xxxv. 244/2 He [was] flaied aliue by direction of this vnhumane King.

1700 P. Rycaut Hist. Turks 333/2 That insolent and unhumane Robber.

a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 101 Bleeding and dying at the Feet of Bloody, Unhuman Miscreants.

2. Not limited by human qualities or conditions; superhuman.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > superhuman

pass-man1606

past-human1614

suprahuman1740

unhuman1782

preterhuman1811

transhuman1812

superpersonal1848

superhuman1866

suprapersonal1873

surhuman1911

1782 F. Burney Let. 6 Apr. in Diary & Lett. (1842) II. 136 [They] are neither plunged in the depths of misery, nor exalted to unhuman happiness.

1855 N. Wiseman Fabiola i. ix. 49 Converted..by some means, so unhuman, so divine, as we shall never..forecast.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 100 This divorce between the virtues of daily life and certain other virtues which are unhuman.

1874 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible ii. 70 An argument for the unhuman character of the project.

3. Not pertaining to humankind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > [adjective] > relating to mankind > not

inhuman1568

subhuman1793

non-human1839

unhuman1861

dishuman1920

1861 W. James Let. Sept. (1920) I. 38 I have noticed fleeting shades of expression on her face..unhuman, ghoul-like, fiendish-cunning.

1885 G. Allen Charles Darwin vii. 120 These curious and almost unhuman-looking objects [sc. palæolithic implements].

1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 153 ‘How is this?’ he cried, in a sharp, unhuman voice. ‘Am I blind?’

Derivatives

unˈhumanness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [noun]

rethenesseOE

grimcundleȝcc1175

fellhead1340

ferteec1380

fiercenessc1384

savagenessa1400

grimliness14..

fellnessc1410

bestialitya1413

fierceheadc1440

cruelness?a1475

inhumanity1477

bremeness?1529

fury1534

tigerness1535

bruteness1538

immanity1539

wolvishness?1548

ferity?c1550

brutishness1567

truculency1569

Phalarism1581

ferocity1606

savagerya1616

brutality1633

inhumanness1649

wolfishness1676

boarishness1682

brutism1687

truculence1727

ferociousness1766

bestialism1824

tigerhood1846

Calibanism1859

unhumanness1885

inhumanism1907

Hunnishness1914

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun] > inhuman

inhumanity1477

bruteness1538

immanity1539

Phalarism1581

brutality1633

inhumanness1649

brutalism1803

unhumanness1885

inhumanism1907

1885 L. Oliphant Sympneumata 275 The stamp of unhumanness which clings to the acts and operations of success.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unhuman
释义	unhumanadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈhjuːmən/, U.S. /ˌənˈ(h)jumən/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1 1. Inhuman, inhumane, unmerciful, cruel: a. Of actions, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adjective] grimlyc893 retheeOE grim971 bitterOE bremec1175 grillc1175 grimfula1240 cruel1297 sturdy1297 fiercea1300 fellc1300 boistousa1387 felonousc1386 savagea1393 bestiala1398 bremelya1400 felona1400 hetera1400 cursedc1400 wicked14.. vengeablec1430 wolvishc1430 unnatural?1473 inhuman1481 brutisha1513 cruent1524 felonish1530 mannish1530 abominate1531 lionish1549 boarish?1550 truculent?c1550 unhumanc1550 lion-like1556 beastly1558 orped1567 raw?1573 tigerish?1573 unmanlike1579 boisterous1581 savaged1583 tiger-like1587 yond1590 truculental1593 savage wild1595 tigerous1597 inhumane1598 Neronian1598 immane1599 Phalarical1602 ungentle1603 feral1604 savagious1605 fierceful1607 Dionysian1608 wolvy1611 Hunnish1625 lionly1631 tigerly1633 savage-hearted1639 brutal1641 feroce1641 ferocious1646 asperous1650 ferousa1652 wolfish1674 tiger1763 savage-fierce1770 Tartar1809 Tartarly1821 Neroic1851 tigery1859 Neronic1864 unmannish1867 inhumanitarian1947 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective] > inhumanly inhuman1481 unhumanc1550 beastly1558 unmanlike1579 inhumane1598 immane1599 Phalarical1602 unhuman1611 brutal1641 unmannish1867 brutalitarian1904 inhumanitarian1947 α. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xiv. 93 Ther for ȝe hef committit ane onhumain act. 1605 London Prodigall iii. ii. 185 That were vnchristian, and an vnhumane part. 1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 18 They..have..committed such unhumaine acts in murtheringe all they take. a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 251 Unnaturall lust and unhumane crueltie. β. 1646 H. Hammond Severall Tracts Pref. sig. 2 Not only the most unchristian, but unhuman practices.a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions* (1744) XI. 39 Their insatiable avarice, and their unhuman and remorseless cruelty.1796 M. Robinson Angelina III. 373 Against parental authority so unhuman, nature has some plea.1871 J. S. Blackie Four Phases Morals i. 36 A one-sided, unhuman, unworthy and altogether false assertion. b. Of persons. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adjective] > merciless orelesseOE sternc1275 fell?c1335 unmerciablea1382 wantona1393 mercilessc1400 unmercifula1425 gracelessc1425 unmercifula1450 unmerciless1545 unsparinga1586 spareless1589 unhuman1611 inclement1621 unmercied1627 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adjective] > inhumanly inhuman1481 unhumanc1550 beastly1558 unmanlike1579 inhumane1598 immane1599 Phalarical1602 unhuman1611 brutal1641 unmannish1867 brutalitarian1904 inhumanitarian1947 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xxxv. 244/2 He [was] flaied aliue by direction of this vnhumane King. 1700 P. Rycaut Hist. Turks 333/2 That insolent and unhumane Robber. a1716 R. South 12 Serm. (1717) V. 101 Bleeding and dying at the Feet of Bloody, Unhuman Miscreants. 2. Not limited by human qualities or conditions; superhuman. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] > superhuman pass-man1606 past-human1614 suprahuman1740 unhuman1782 preterhuman1811 transhuman1812 superpersonal1848 superhuman1866 suprapersonal1873 surhuman1911 1782 F. Burney Let. 6 Apr. in Diary & Lett. (1842) II. 136 [They] are neither plunged in the depths of misery, nor exalted to unhuman happiness. 1855 N. Wiseman Fabiola i. ix. 49 Converted..by some means, so unhuman, so divine, as we shall never..forecast. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 100 This divorce between the virtues of daily life and certain other virtues which are unhuman. 1874 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible ii. 70 An argument for the unhuman character of the project. 3. Not pertaining to humankind. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [adjective] > relating to mankind > not inhuman1568 subhuman1793 non-human1839 unhuman1861 dishuman1920 1861 W. James Let. Sept. (1920) I. 38 I have noticed fleeting shades of expression on her face..unhuman, ghoul-like, fiendish-cunning. 1885 G. Allen Charles Darwin vii. 120 These curious and almost unhuman-looking objects [sc. palæolithic implements]. 1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 153 ‘How is this?’ he cried, in a sharp, unhuman voice. ‘Am I blind?’ Derivatives unˈhumanness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [noun] rethenesseOE grimcundleȝcc1175 fellhead1340 ferteec1380 fiercenessc1384 savagenessa1400 grimliness14.. fellnessc1410 bestialitya1413 fierceheadc1440 cruelness?a1475 inhumanity1477 bremeness?1529 fury1534 tigerness1535 bruteness1538 immanity1539 wolvishness?1548 ferity?c1550 brutishness1567 truculency1569 Phalarism1581 ferocity1606 savagerya1616 brutality1633 inhumanness1649 wolfishness1676 boarishness1682 brutism1687 truculence1727 ferociousness1766 bestialism1824 tigerhood1846 Calibanism1859 unhumanness1885 inhumanism1907 Hunnishness1914 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [noun] > inhuman inhumanity1477 bruteness1538 immanity1539 Phalarism1581 brutality1633 inhumanness1649 brutalism1803 unhumanness1885 inhumanism1907 1885 L. Oliphant Sympneumata 275 The stamp of unhumanness which clings to the acts and operations of success. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2022). unhumanv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈhjuːmən/, U.S. /ˌənˈ(h)jumən/ Etymology: un- prefix² 1d(c). transitive. To make unhuman. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [verb (transitive)] savage1611 unmanner1621 unhuman1648 unhumanize1752 savagize1794 inhumanize1871 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > deprive of human qualities unhuman1648 unhumanize1752 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > treat cruelly [verb (transitive)] > render cruel savage1611 unhuman1648 encruelize1654 unhumanize1752 inhumanize1871 1648 Earl of Westmorland Otia Sacra 129 And yet (as if unhuman'd) we By no means with each other can agree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1550v.1648
随便看	murdering shot murderingly murderish murderish-looking murderishlooking murderment murdermonger murdermongeress murdermongering murderous murderous-looking murderous-minded muting function mutinied mutinies mutining mutinious mutinist mutinize mutinizing mutinous mutinously mutinousness mutinousnesses mutiny

unhumanadj.

Derivatives

unhumanv.