Antonyms for inhumane

Grammar : Adj

Spell : in-hyoo-meyn or, often, -yoo-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn hyuˈmeɪn or, often, -yu-

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

Example sentences :

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

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