Inhuman

Quick meaning: Inhuman is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

More Meanings

1. Transcending or different than what is human.

Example Sentences

For Eugene O’Neill the sea is usually the constant symbol of these eternal realities, the inhuman powers of nature against which men and women must measure their puny strength.

“Well, so you are,’ Martha answered. ‘It struck me once or twice. You don’t ook like him, but you’ve got the same voice ind walk and you appear to have the same ‘ort of inhuman strength. Look at this.”

It was replaced by a New Euston, "bold in design and layout and in keeping with a new railway era". Betjeman was unmoved, describing it tersely as "no masterpiece" and noting that its lack of platform seating made it an "inhuman structure" which seemed to ignore passengers.

However, Christophe, having less penetration than Francoise, said to himself that love is a blind, inhuman force, throwing those together who cannot bear with each other. Love joins those together who are like each other. And what love inspires is very small compared with what it destroys. If it be happy it dissolves the will.

Word Forms

• inhumane

Synonyms for inhuman

Depending on context, synonyms include demonic, inhumane, truculent, barbarous, bowelless, brutal.

Antonyms for inhuman

Common opposites include humane.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inhumane, insensate, nonhuman, cold, cold-blooded, cruel.

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