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in·hu·man
 inhuman
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- pronunciation:
- In
hyu
m
 n
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
characterized by a lack of human warmth, mercy, or sympathy; cruel, brutal, or unfeeling.
inhuman punishment- synonyms:
- barbarous, brutal, callous, cruel, fiendish, heartless, inhumane, mean, merciless, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, unfeeling
- antonyms:
- human, humane
- similar words:
- brutish, cold, cold-blooded, demoniac, diabolic, Draconian, fell, ferocious, grim, hardhearted, impersonal, insensitive, obdurate, oppressive, relentless, satanic, savage, stonyhearted, truculent, unkind, unnatural
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| definition 2: |
not suited to human life or needs.
inhuman living conditions- synonyms:
- barbarous, brutal, hellish, hostile
- similar words:
- ferocious, grim, hard, harsh, oppressive, savage, severe, terrible
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| definition 3: |
abnormal or not human.
an inhuman shapean inhuman cry- antonyms:
- human
- similar words:
- abnormal, alien, eerie, irregular, strange, unearthly, weird
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| related words: |
atrocious, barbarous, bestial, brutal, fierce, ruthless, wanton |
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| derivations: |
inhumanly (adv.), inhumanness (n.) |
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