Definition of inhuman in English:

inhuman

adjective ɪnˈhjuːmənɪnˈ(h)jumən

1Lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric.
the inhuman treatment meted out to political prisoners
Example sentencesExamples
- They probably thought we were so inhuman and so evil so as to be totally devoid of feelings.
- They violate the convention against torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
- He and his political cronies are guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment of a helpless human.
- Anyways, lets not dwell on the inhuman ways in which some humans treat their brothers.
- He is despised in the West because of the inhuman brutality of his dictatorship.
- Officers at the prison murdered him because he dared to complain about the inhuman conditions and the poor quality of food.
- It appears that we are the brutal, inhuman people that our history book have tried to conceal.
- Their admiration was even greater since the French had been represented to them as the most inhuman and savage people.
- It is not only unorthodox but also inhuman and borders on the violation of human rights.
- I'm also assuming that they don't support the view of the men as evil and inhuman.
- Around 68 years ago a man rose to power in Germany, a man who would unleash the most inhuman reign of any human being in history.
- Violence meted out to women in the country is widespread and inhuman; worse, is sanctioned by society.
- How come we are subjected to torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment?
- The shock of inhuman brutality was sufficient to traumatize the Albanians into submission.
- Some professors, lawyers, judges and doctors are making barbaric and inhuman decisions.
- Torture is, of course, a more severe type of inhuman treatment.
- We diminish ourselves if we allow the atrocities committed by others to turn us into inhuman people capable of similar evil.
- And what does it mean when people take offense and respond in evil and inhuman ways?
- The brutal and inhuman methods of these organizations bespeak not liberation, but provocation.
- The new law explicitly states that people should not be subject to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
Synonyms
cruel, harsh, inhumane, brutal, callous, sadistic, severe, savage, vicious, barbaric, barbarous
bestial, monstrous, fiendish, diabolical, evil, wicked, heinous
merciless, ruthless, pitiless, unpitying, remorseless, cold-blooded, heartless, hard-hearted, stone-hearted, with a heart of stone, unforgiving
unkind, unkindly, inconsiderate, unsympathetic, unfeeling, uncaring
informal hard-boiled, hard-nosed
British informal, dated beastly
archaic dastardly, sanguinary
rare egregious, flagitious
2Not human in nature or character.
the inhuman scale of the dinosaurs
Example sentencesExamples
- Robin slowly opened his eyes and saw a strange, inhuman figure in front of him.
- Only a drama producer with inhuman restraint could have resisted such characters.
- Over the ruins of the castle rose an unearthly wind, carrying with it an inhuman wail.
- The vicious inhuman growling made her shake and soon she could feel it's hot breath against her cheeks.
- To the very recesses of his mind he tracked down the reason for this strange and utterly inhuman sense of being.
- He cried out and tried to get away, but the stranger pinioned him down with inhuman strength.
Synonyms
non-human, non-mortal, monstrous, devilish, demonic, demoniac, ghostly
subhuman, animal
strange, odd, bizarre, unearthly

Derivatives

inhumanly

adverb ɪnˈhjuːmənliɪnˈ(h)jumənli

The physical feats they are able to accomplish with relative ease seem inhumanly impossible for the rest of us who have to deal with gravity and lower back pain.
Example sentencesExamples
- It punctures all their carefully crafted movie-of-the-week fictions about inhumanly perfect, noble, victimized minorities.
- I felt that Singapore was quite inhumanly clean, the lack of cigarette butts and litter in the streets makes it seem so.
- Three thousand years ago in ancient Egypt they painted their eyelids with malachite, because we are so constituted, our desires are so acute, that inhumanly large eyes attract us more than anything nature can give us.
- I first found myself in Dominica's Carib territory after fleeing the inhumanly high register of an American jazz diva in neighbouring Martinique.

Origin

Late Middle English (originally as inhumane): from Latin inhumanus, from in- 'not' + humanus (see human).

Definition of inhuman in US English:

inhuman

adjectiveinˈ(h)yo͞omənɪnˈ(h)jumən

1Lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric.
Example sentencesExamples
- Their admiration was even greater since the French had been represented to them as the most inhuman and savage people.
- How come we are subjected to torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment?
- Torture is, of course, a more severe type of inhuman treatment.
- And what does it mean when people take offense and respond in evil and inhuman ways?
- Some professors, lawyers, judges and doctors are making barbaric and inhuman decisions.
- The brutal and inhuman methods of these organizations bespeak not liberation, but provocation.
- Officers at the prison murdered him because he dared to complain about the inhuman conditions and the poor quality of food.
- It appears that we are the brutal, inhuman people that our history book have tried to conceal.
- They probably thought we were so inhuman and so evil so as to be totally devoid of feelings.
- The shock of inhuman brutality was sufficient to traumatize the Albanians into submission.
- Anyways, lets not dwell on the inhuman ways in which some humans treat their brothers.
- We diminish ourselves if we allow the atrocities committed by others to turn us into inhuman people capable of similar evil.
- Violence meted out to women in the country is widespread and inhuman; worse, is sanctioned by society.
- It is not only unorthodox but also inhuman and borders on the violation of human rights.
- I'm also assuming that they don't support the view of the men as evil and inhuman.
- Around 68 years ago a man rose to power in Germany, a man who would unleash the most inhuman reign of any human being in history.
- The new law explicitly states that people should not be subject to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
- He is despised in the West because of the inhuman brutality of his dictatorship.
- He and his political cronies are guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment of a helpless human.
- They violate the convention against torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
Synonyms
cruel, harsh, inhumane, brutal, callous, sadistic, severe, savage, vicious, barbaric, barbarous
2Not human in nature or character.
the inhuman scale of the dinosaurs
Example sentencesExamples
- Over the ruins of the castle rose an unearthly wind, carrying with it an inhuman wail.
- To the very recesses of his mind he tracked down the reason for this strange and utterly inhuman sense of being.
- The vicious inhuman growling made her shake and soon she could feel it's hot breath against her cheeks.
- Robin slowly opened his eyes and saw a strange, inhuman figure in front of him.
- He cried out and tried to get away, but the stranger pinioned him down with inhuman strength.
- Only a drama producer with inhuman restraint could have resisted such characters.
Synonyms
non-human, non-mortal, monstrous, devilish, demonic, demoniac, ghostly

Origin

Late Middle English (originally as inhumane): from Latin inhumanus, from in- ‘not’ + humanus (see human).

单词	inhuman
释义	Definition of inhuman in English: inhuman adjective ɪnˈhjuːmənɪnˈ(h)jumən 1Lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric. the inhuman treatment meted out to political prisoners Example sentencesExamples They probably thought we were so inhuman and so evil so as to be totally devoid of feelings. They violate the convention against torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. He and his political cronies are guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment of a helpless human. Anyways, lets not dwell on the inhuman ways in which some humans treat their brothers. He is despised in the West because of the inhuman brutality of his dictatorship. Officers at the prison murdered him because he dared to complain about the inhuman conditions and the poor quality of food. It appears that we are the brutal, inhuman people that our history book have tried to conceal. Their admiration was even greater since the French had been represented to them as the most inhuman and savage people. It is not only unorthodox but also inhuman and borders on the violation of human rights. I'm also assuming that they don't support the view of the men as evil and inhuman. Around 68 years ago a man rose to power in Germany, a man who would unleash the most inhuman reign of any human being in history. Violence meted out to women in the country is widespread and inhuman; worse, is sanctioned by society. How come we are subjected to torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment? The shock of inhuman brutality was sufficient to traumatize the Albanians into submission. Some professors, lawyers, judges and doctors are making barbaric and inhuman decisions. Torture is, of course, a more severe type of inhuman treatment. We diminish ourselves if we allow the atrocities committed by others to turn us into inhuman people capable of similar evil. And what does it mean when people take offense and respond in evil and inhuman ways? The brutal and inhuman methods of these organizations bespeak not liberation, but provocation. The new law explicitly states that people should not be subject to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Synonyms cruel, harsh, inhumane, brutal, callous, sadistic, severe, savage, vicious, barbaric, barbarous bestial, monstrous, fiendish, diabolical, evil, wicked, heinous merciless, ruthless, pitiless, unpitying, remorseless, cold-blooded, heartless, hard-hearted, stone-hearted, with a heart of stone, unforgiving unkind, unkindly, inconsiderate, unsympathetic, unfeeling, uncaring informal hard-boiled, hard-nosed British informal, dated beastly archaic dastardly, sanguinary rare egregious, flagitious 2Not human in nature or character. the inhuman scale of the dinosaurs Example sentencesExamples Robin slowly opened his eyes and saw a strange, inhuman figure in front of him. Only a drama producer with inhuman restraint could have resisted such characters. Over the ruins of the castle rose an unearthly wind, carrying with it an inhuman wail. The vicious inhuman growling made her shake and soon she could feel it's hot breath against her cheeks. To the very recesses of his mind he tracked down the reason for this strange and utterly inhuman sense of being. He cried out and tried to get away, but the stranger pinioned him down with inhuman strength. Synonyms non-human, non-mortal, monstrous, devilish, demonic, demoniac, ghostly subhuman, animal strange, odd, bizarre, unearthly Derivatives inhumanly adverb ɪnˈhjuːmənliɪnˈ(h)jumənli The physical feats they are able to accomplish with relative ease seem inhumanly impossible for the rest of us who have to deal with gravity and lower back pain. Example sentencesExamples It punctures all their carefully crafted movie-of-the-week fictions about inhumanly perfect, noble, victimized minorities. I felt that Singapore was quite inhumanly clean, the lack of cigarette butts and litter in the streets makes it seem so. Three thousand years ago in ancient Egypt they painted their eyelids with malachite, because we are so constituted, our desires are so acute, that inhumanly large eyes attract us more than anything nature can give us. I first found myself in Dominica's Carib territory after fleeing the inhumanly high register of an American jazz diva in neighbouring Martinique. Origin Late Middle English (originally as inhumane): from Latin inhumanus, from in- 'not' + humanus (see human). Definition of inhuman in US English: inhuman adjectiveinˈ(h)yo͞omənɪnˈ(h)jumən 1Lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric. Example sentencesExamples Their admiration was even greater since the French had been represented to them as the most inhuman and savage people. How come we are subjected to torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment? Torture is, of course, a more severe type of inhuman treatment. And what does it mean when people take offense and respond in evil and inhuman ways? Some professors, lawyers, judges and doctors are making barbaric and inhuman decisions. The brutal and inhuman methods of these organizations bespeak not liberation, but provocation. Officers at the prison murdered him because he dared to complain about the inhuman conditions and the poor quality of food. It appears that we are the brutal, inhuman people that our history book have tried to conceal. They probably thought we were so inhuman and so evil so as to be totally devoid of feelings. The shock of inhuman brutality was sufficient to traumatize the Albanians into submission. Anyways, lets not dwell on the inhuman ways in which some humans treat their brothers. We diminish ourselves if we allow the atrocities committed by others to turn us into inhuman people capable of similar evil. Violence meted out to women in the country is widespread and inhuman; worse, is sanctioned by society. It is not only unorthodox but also inhuman and borders on the violation of human rights. I'm also assuming that they don't support the view of the men as evil and inhuman. Around 68 years ago a man rose to power in Germany, a man who would unleash the most inhuman reign of any human being in history. The new law explicitly states that people should not be subject to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. He is despised in the West because of the inhuman brutality of his dictatorship. He and his political cronies are guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment of a helpless human. They violate the convention against torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Synonyms cruel, harsh, inhumane, brutal, callous, sadistic, severe, savage, vicious, barbaric, barbarous 2Not human in nature or character. the inhuman scale of the dinosaurs Example sentencesExamples Over the ruins of the castle rose an unearthly wind, carrying with it an inhuman wail. To the very recesses of his mind he tracked down the reason for this strange and utterly inhuman sense of being. The vicious inhuman growling made her shake and soon she could feel it's hot breath against her cheeks. Robin slowly opened his eyes and saw a strange, inhuman figure in front of him. He cried out and tried to get away, but the stranger pinioned him down with inhuman strength. Only a drama producer with inhuman restraint could have resisted such characters. Synonyms non-human, non-mortal, monstrous, devilish, demonic, demoniac, ghostly Origin Late Middle English (originally as inhumane): from Latin inhumanus, from in- ‘not’ + humanus (see human).
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