inhuman
adjective
[ ɪnˈhjuːmən ]
• lacking human qualities of compassion and mercy; cruel and barbaric.
• "the inhuman treatment meted out to political prisoners"
Similar:
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,
hard-boiled,
hard-nosed,
beastly,
dastardly,
sanguinary,
egregious,
flagitious,
• not human in nature or character.
• "the inhuman scale of the dinosaurs"
Similar:
non-human,
non-mortal,
monstrous,
devilish,
demonic,
demoniac,
ghostly,
subhuman,
animal,
strange,
odd,
bizarre,
unearthly,
Origin:
late Middle English (originally as inhumane ): from Latin inhumanus, from in- ‘not’ + humanus (see human).
