Synonyms for
Inhuman
Definition
not having or showing any kindness or compassion for other people or animals; cruel; lacking humane feelings
Synonyms & similar words
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Antonyms
Common collocations
- inhuman treatment
- inhuman conditions
- inhuman act
- inhuman cruelty
- inhuman behavior
- inhuman sounds
- inhuman efficiency
Word family
noun inhumanity
adverb inhumanly
Usage note
Often used to describe actions or conditions that are extremely cruel or lacking in compassion. It can also refer to something that is not human or beyond human capability, but the primary connotation is negative.
Example sentences
- The way the prisoner was treated was inhuman.
- It's inhuman to leave a dog out in the cold without shelter.
- The conditions in the factory were inhuman.
- The way the soldiers were treated was inhuman.
- The punishment was inhuman and unjust.
Quotes
Inhumanity is a quality which belongs to all times and all countries, and which no race has a monopoly upon. - Clarence Darrow
I cannot conceive of any greater horror than that of a human being deliberately inflicting suffering on another human being. I would rather die than do that to anyone. - Nelson Mandela
A Thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. - Oscar Wilde, The Portrait of Dorian Gray