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Antonyms for inhumane
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : in-hyoo-meyn or, often, -yoo- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn hyuˈmeɪn or, often, -yu- |
- animate
- ashamed
- benign
- bright
- calm
- charitable
- civilized
- compassionate
- considerate
- cooperative
- cultured
- decent
- domesticated
- easy
- educated
- feeling
- flexible
- friendly
- generous
- gentle
- giving
- good
- guilty
- helpful
- human
- human/humane
- humane
- humanitarian
- innocent
- inoffensive
- kind
- merciful
- mild
- moral
- nice
- nonviolent
- peaceful
- philanthropic
- pleasant
- pleasing
- polished
- polite
- refined
- remorseful
- sad
- satisfied
- sensate
- sociable
- sophisticated
- sorry
- sparing
- sympathetic
- tame
- tender
- thoughtful
- uncruel
- yielding
Definition of inhumane
Origin :- late 15c., from Latin inhumanus (see inhuman). Originally a variant spelling and pronunciation of inhuman, it appears to have died out 17c. but been revived c.1822 as a negative form of humane.
- As in inhuman/inhumane : adj animal, savage
- As in merciless : adj mean, heartless
- As in misanthropic : adj unsociable, cynical
- As in pitiless : adj without mercy or care
- As in remorseless : adj without guilt in spite of wrongdoing
- As in savage : adj cruel, vicious
- As in barbarous : adj crude, savage
- As in truculent : adj belligerent, hateful
- As in unkind : adj not nice
- As in unmerciful : adj cruel
- As in inhuman : adj animal
- As in brutal : adj crude, rough
- As in cruel : adj vicious, pitiless; causing pain
- As in ferocious : adj violent, barbaric
- To do so brusque and, as it seemed to Hilary, so inhumane a thing was foreign to his nature.
- Extract from : « Fraternity » by John Galsworthy
- So the brawl passed with no other casualty than might seem comic to the inhumane.
- Extract from : « In the South Seas » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The slaves were a caste, but the laws regarding them were exact and not inhumane.
- Extract from : « Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria » by Lewis Spence
- Or that it is the Prerogative of Lords to be unjust and inhumane?
- Extract from : « The Toy Shop (1735) The King and the Miller of Mansfield (1737) » by Robert Dodsley
- A modern prison is always inhuman, even when it is not inhumane.
- Extract from : « All Things Considered » by G. K. Chesterton
- For bodilie punishments we allow amongst us none that are inhumane, Barbarous, or cruell.
- Extract from : « A Source Book in American History to 1787 » by Various
- On the evolutionary basis you may be inhumane, or you may be absurdly humane; but you cannot be human.
- Extract from : « A Chesterton Calendar » by G. K. Chesterton
- For if he was an inhumane old gentleman (and I am afraid it is a fact that he was inhumane), he was also perfectly intrepid.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Then his inhumane criticism of poor, stumbling mankind's foibles might be tempered.
- Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker
- A memory hangs about me of the House in the early afternoon, an inhumane desolation inhabited almost entirely by silk hats.
- Extract from : « The New Machiavelli » by Herbert George Wells
Synonyms for inhumane
- abusive
- aggressive
- animal
- antagonistic
- antisocial
- atrocious
- austere
- avaricious
- bad-tempered
- barbarian
- barbaric
- barbarous
- bearish
- beastly
- bellicose
- bestial
- bitter
- bloodthirsty
- bloody
- browbeating
- brutal
- brute
- brutish
- bullying
- callous
- cannibalistic
- carnal
- caustic
- coarse
- cold
- cold-blooded
- coldblooded
- coldhearted
- combative
- compassionless
- contentious
- contumelious
- cowing
- crazed
- cross
- cruel
- cutthroat
- defiant
- degenerate
- demoniac
- depraved
- destructive
- devilish
- diabolical
- dog-eat-dog
- egoistic
- egotistical
- eremitic
- evil
- excruciating
- fell
- feral
- ferine
- ferocious
- fiendish
- fierce
- flinty
- forbidding
- frantic
- frightening
- frightful
- frigid
- furious
- gratuitous
- greedy
- grim
- hard
- hard-bitten
- hard-hearted
- hardened
- hardhearted
- harsh
- hatchet job
- hatchetjob
- hateful
- hating
- having a killer instinct
- heartless
- hellish
- hostile
- hurtful
- ignorant
- impenitent
- implacable
- inconsiderate
- indifferent
- inexorable
- infernal
- inhuman
- inhumane
- insensible
- insensitive
- intimidating
- intolerant
- invective
- iron-fisted
- killer instinct
- lupine
- malevolent
- malicious
- malign
- malignant
- mean
- mean machine
- merciless
- militant
- misanthropical
- monstrous
- mordacious
- mordant
- mortal
- murderous
- nasty
- obdurate
- obstreperous
- opprobrious
- ornery
- painful
- pernicious
- pitiless
- poignant
- predatory
- primitive
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- rabid
- raging
- rancorous
- rapacious
- ravening
- ravenous
- reclusive
- relentless
- remorseless
- reserved
- revengeful
- rigorous
- rough
- rude
- ruthless
- sadistic
- sanguinary
- sarcastic
- satanic
- savage
- scathing
- scrappy
- scurrilous
- selfish
- severe
- shameless
- sharp
- sinful
- solitary
- soulless
- sour
- spiteful
- standoffish
- stony
- sullen
- swinish
- terrifying
- terrorizing
- thoughtless
- tigerish
- tough
- trenchant
- truculent
- tyrannical
- tyrannous
- unappeasable
- uncalled-for
- uncaring
- uncharitable
- uncivil
- uncivilized
- uncompassionate
- uncontrite
- uncouth
- uncultured
- unfeeling
- unflinching
- unforgiving
- unfriendly
- unkind
- unmerciful
- unnatural
- unpitying
- unregenerate
- unrelenting
- unremitting
- unrepenting
- unrestrained
- unsophisticated
- unsparing
- unsympathetic
- untamed
- unyielding
- vehement
- vengeful
- vicious
- vindictive
- violent
- virulent
- vituperative
- vituperous
- voracious
- vulgar
- wanton
- wicked
- wild
- wolfish
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