Inhuman - English meaning

noun

A living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli.

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Wild animals adapt badly to a caged life

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of animals.

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The evolution of animal life

noun

A living thing that can move and eat and react to the world through its senses, esp. of sight and hearing

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Mammals, insects, reptiles, and birds are all animals., a lion is a wild animal, and a dog is a dom…

adjective

Savagely cruel.

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He carried out barbaric acts in the name of war

adjective

Extremely cruel

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Barbaric behavior/practices

adjective

Extremely cruel and unpleasant

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She found the idea of killing animals for pleasure barbaric., barbaric acts of violence

adjective

Extremely brutal.

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Many early child-rearing practices were barbarous by modern standards

adjective

Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

adjective

Extremely cruel or unpleasant, or failing to reach acceptable social standards

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His murder was an outrageous and barbarous act., how can they forgive such barbarous behaviour?

adjective

Of or like an animal or animals.

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Darwin's revelations about our bestial beginnings

adjective

Cruel or like an animal

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The soldiers were accused of bestial acts against unarmed civilians.

adjective

Very strange or unusual.

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A bizarre situation

adjective

Strange and unusual

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That party was too bizarre for me!

adjective

Very strange and unusual

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A bizarre situation, bizarre behaviour

adjective

Savagely violent.

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A brutal murder

adjective

Cruel, violent, and completely without feelings

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A brutal dictator, he had presided over a brutal regime in which thousands of people had "disappear…

adjective

Not considering someone's feelings

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She spoke with brutal honesty - i was too old for the job.

adjective

Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

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His callous comments about the murder made me shiver

noun

Variant spelling of callus.

noun

A thickened and hardened part of the skin or soft tissue, especially in an area that has been subjected to friction.

adjective

Wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.

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People who are cruel to animals

verb

Spoil or ruin (an opportunity or a chance of success).

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Ernie nearly cruelled the whole thing by laughing

adjective

Extremely unkind and intentionally causing pain

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Her classmates made some cruel remarks., is the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment?, i thin…

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of a demon or demons.

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A goddess with both divine and demoniac qualities

noun

A person supposedly possessed by an evil spirit.

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So with the assistance of his possessed, his demoniacs, or his convulsionaries, he procured testimo…

adjective

Wild and evil

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A demoniacal light had entered his eyes.

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of demons or evil spirits.

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Demonic possession

adjective

Wild and evil

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He had a demonic (= cruel) gleam in his eye.

adjective

Like or appropriate to a devil in evil and cruelty.

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Devilish tortures

adverb

Very; extremely.

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A devilish clever chap

adjective

Slightly bad, but sometimes in an amusing way

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A devilish grin, a devilish problem

adjective

Characteristic of the devil, or so evil as to be suggestive of the devil.

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His diabolical cunning

adjective

Very evil but often intelligent

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A diabolical genius

adjective

Extremely bad or shocking

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Conditions in the prison were diabolical., his driving is diabolical!

adjective

Profoundly immoral and wicked.

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His evil deeds

noun

Profound immorality and wickedness, especially when regarded as a supernatural force.

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His struggle against the forces of evil

noun

The condition of being immoral, cruel, or bad, or an act of this type

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[ u ] a contest between good and evil, an evil ruler

adjective

Extremely cruel or unpleasant.

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Fiendish methods of torture

adjective

Cruel or evil

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He took fiendish delight in making them wait.

adjective

Evil and cruel

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A fiendish attack

adjective

Of or like a ghost in appearance or sound; eerie and unnatural.

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A frightening, ghostly figure with a hood

adjective

Pale and transparent in a way that does not seem real, like a ghost

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A ghostly figure/apparition, a ghostly voice/echo

adjective

Not loud or clear

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A ghostly voice/echo

adjective

Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses.

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Drenched in a harsh white neon light

adjective

Unkind or cruel or uncivil

adjective

Unkind or cruel

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Harsh criticism, a harsh winter, harsh lighting

adjective

(of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked.

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A battery of heinous crimes

adjective

(esp. of a crime) extremely bad or evil

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Heinous murders

adjective

Without compassion for misery or suffering; cruel.

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Confining wild horses is inhumane

adjective

Reflecting a lack of pity or compassion

adjective

Cruel to people or animals in not caring about their suffering or about the conditions under which they live

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We have a responsibility to protect animals from inhumane treatment.

adjective

Showing no mercy.

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A merciless attack with a blunt instrument

adjective

Showing no kindness; cruel

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A merciless enemy, he was teased mercilessly at school.

adjective

Having the ugly or frightening appearance of a monster.

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Monstrous, bug-eyed fish

adjective

Very bad, esp. because too big

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After the flood she was faced with monstrous repair bills., monstrous deeds

adjective

Different to what is usual or expected; strange.

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The neighbours thought him very odd

adjective

Strange or unexpected

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An odd person, that’s odd – i thought i left my glasses on the table but they’re not here., he’s go…

adjective

Showing no pity; cruel.

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A pitiless executioner

adjective

Without mercy or sympathy

adjective

Having or showing no pity

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A pitiless dictator

adjective

Having or showing no pity or compassion for others.

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A ruthless manipulator

adjective

Without mercy or pity

adjective

Cruel, or determined to succeed without caring about others

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A ruthless ruler, to compete abroad requires ruthless cost-cutting at home.

adjective

Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.

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She took a sadistic pleasure in tormenting him

adjective

(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

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Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun

A brutal or vicious person.

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The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb

(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.

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Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

adjective

(of something bad or undesirable) very great; intense.

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A severe shortage of technicians

adjective

Causing great pain, difficulty, damage, etc.; very serious

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A severe earthquake, the family faced severe challenges when he lost his job., severe criticism

adjective

Unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain.

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Children have some strange ideas

adjective

Of a lower order of being than humans.

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I've been in many homes where the cleaning help is treated as subhuman.

noun

A subhuman creature or person.

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They warn of a ‘self-fulfilling prophesy’: if men are told over and over that they are not only bru…

adjective

Having or showing behaviour or characteristics that are much worse than those expected of ordinary people

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Their treatment of prisoners is subhuman.

adjective

Unnatural or mysterious, especially in a disturbing way.

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Unearthly quiet

adjective

Strange and mysterious, and sometimes frightening

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The streetlights cast an unearthly glow in the thick fog., i was awakened at some unearthly hour by…

adjective

Not feeling or showing pity.

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A flat, unpitying voice

adjective

Deliberately cruel or violent.

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A vicious assault

adjective

Able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

adjective

(of an act) intending to hurt badly, or (of a person or animal) likely to be violent

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I don’t believe he is a vicious dog., the few who disagreed became the targets of vicious written a…

adjective

Evil or morally wrong.

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A wicked and unscrupulous politician

verb

Absorb or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.

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Garments that wick moisture away from the skin

adjective

Morally wrong and bad

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He was a wicked, ruthless, and dishonest man., she has a wicked sense of humor., the demands of fun…