1.
[syn: cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate]
2. belonging to or resembling something nonhuman;
- Example: "something dark and inhuman in form"
- Example: "a babel of inhuman noises"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inhuman \In*hu"man\, a. [L. inhumanus: cf. F. inhumain. See
In- not, and Human.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a
human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an
inhuman person or people.
[1913 Webster]
2. Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an
inhuman act or punishment.
Syn: Cruel; unfeeling; pitiless; merciless; savage;
barbarous; brutal; ferocious; ruthless; fiendish.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inhuman
adj 1: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood";
"cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn:
cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate]
2: belonging to or resembling something nonhuman; "something
dark and inhuman in form"; "a babel of inhuman noises"