inhumane
in‧hu‧mane /ˌɪnhjuːˈmeɪn/ BrE AmE adjective
[Word Family: noun: ↑human, ↑humanism, ↑humanity ≠ ↑inhumanity, ↑humanitarian, ↑humanitarianism, ↑humankind, ↑humanoid; adjective: ↑human ≠ ↑inhuman, ↑superhuman, ↑subhuman, ↑humane ≠ ↑inhumane, ↑humanitarian, ↑humanoid; adverb: ↑humanly ≠ ↑inhumanly, ↑humanely ≠ ↑inhumanely; verb: ↑humanize]
extremely cruel and causing unacceptable suffering:
the inhumane treatment of political prisoners
I was shocked by the inhumane conditions.
—inhumanely adverb
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THESAURUS
▪ cruel deliberately hurting people or making them suffer: It was cruel to lock him in there all day. | Her father had been very cruel to her when she was a child. | a cruel, selfish woman
▪ heartless not feeling any pity and not caring about other people or their problems: How could you be so heartless! | He was cold and heartless and had no concern for the welfare of his employees.
▪ sadistic getting pleasure from making other people suffer: a sadistic killer | a sadistic thing to do
▪ barbaric extremely cruel, in a way that shocks people: a barbaric punishment | a barbaric sport
▪ vicious very violent and cruel, especially by suddenly attacking someone and causing injury to them: a vicious attack on an innocent man | Some dogs can be vicious.
▪ brutal very cruel and violent, in a way that shows no human feelings: a brutal dictator | the brutal methods used by the secret police
▪ inhumane inhumane conditions, treatment etc are not considered acceptable because they cause too much suffering: the inhumane treatment of prisoners
▪ cold-blooded a cold-blooded murder, attack etc is done without showing any feeling or pity for the person who is attacked. A cold-blooded killer kills people without showing any pity: a woman 's cold-blooded murder of her devoted husband | a cold-blooded psychopath
inhumanehu| ◎ | [,inhju:'mein] | | ※ | tính từ | | | ■ | không có lòng thương người; độc ác |
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