Inhuman

//ɪnˈhjuːmən//

Synonyms for "inhuman" (97 found)

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Related word relations

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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related to

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similar

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Translations

109 translations across 54 languages.

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Afrikaans

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  • onmenslike adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Albanian

1 entries
  • i panjerëzishëm adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Ancient Greek

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  • ἀπάνθρωπος adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)

Arabic

1 entries
  • غَيْر إِنْسَانِيّ adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qeyri-insani adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • бесчалаве́чны adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • негума́нны adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • нялю́дзкі adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Bulgarian

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  • безчове́чен adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • безчове́чен adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • жесто́к adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • нехума́нен adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Burmese

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  • ဆန်သောရက်စက် adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Catalan

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  • inhumà adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • inhumà adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Cebuano

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  • dili-makitawhanong adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 不人道的 adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • 非人 adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)

Corsican

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  • inumanu adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Czech

3 entries
  • nehumánní adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • nelidský adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • nelidský adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Danish

2 entries
  • inhuman adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • umenneskelig adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Dutch

3 entries
  • inhumaan adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • onmenselijk adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • onmenselijk adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • malhumana adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • nehoma adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)

Finnish

2 entries
  • epäinhimillinen adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • epäinhimillinen adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

French

2 entries
  • inhumain adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • inhumain adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Georgian

1 entries
  • არაადამიანური adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)

German

3 entries
  • inhuman adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • unmenschlich adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • unmenschlich adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Greek

2 entries
  • απάνθρωπος adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • αφιλάνθρωπος adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Hindi

3 entries
  • अमानवीय adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • क्रूर adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • बर्बर adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • embertelen adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Icelandic

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  • ómannúðlega adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Ido

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  • nehomala adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • nehomana adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • nehumana adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • nehumanoza adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Indonesian

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  • tak berperikemanusiaan adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Irish

1 entries
  • mídhaonnachtúil adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Italian

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  • disumano adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • inumano adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 非人道的 adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Kazakh

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  • адамгершіліксіз adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • адамгершіліксіз adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Korean

1 entries
  • 비인도적 adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Latin

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  • inhumanis adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • inhumanum adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Latvian

1 entries
  • nehumāns adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • жесток adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • нехуман adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • нечовечен adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • нечовечен adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മനുഷ്യത്വരഹിതമായ adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Maltese

1 entries
  • inumani adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • inhuman adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • umenneskelig adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Old English

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  • unmennisċlīċ adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • unmennisċlīċ adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Persian

1 entries
  • غیر انسانی adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • ommenschlich adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Polish

1 entries
  • niehumanitarny adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • desumana adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • desumano adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • inumano adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Romanian

3 entries
  • inuman adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • inuman adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • neomenos adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Russian

4 entries
  • антигума́нный adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • бесчелове́чный adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • бесчелове́чный adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • жесто́кий adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • nȅhumān adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • nȅčovečan adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • nȅčovječan adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • не̏хума̄н adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Slovak

2 entries
  • nehumánny adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • neľudský adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Slovene

2 entries
  • nehuman adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • nečlovečen adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Spanish

2 entries
  • inhumano adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • inhumano adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Swedish

3 entries
  • inhuman adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • omänsklig adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • omänsklig adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ғайриинсонӣ adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Telugu

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  • అమానవీయంగా adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • అమానుషము adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • негума́нний adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • нелю́дський adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)
  • нелю́дський adj (cruel and savage, not humane)
  • нелю́дяний adj (of or pertaining to inhumanity)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • gʻayriinsoniy adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אוממענטשלעך adj (cruel and savage, not humane)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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The Germans have an inhuman way of cutting up their verbs. Now a verb has a hard time enough of it in this world when it's all together. It's downright inhuman to split it up. But that's just what those Germans do. They take part of a verb and put it down here, like a stake, and they take the other part of it and put it away over yonder like another stake, and between these two limits they just shovel in German.

Source: tatoeba (552745)

No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Source: tatoeba (554648)

An interesting record is still preserved of the inhuman cruelties which were inflicted on this admirable young woman in the secret of the prison house where no eye pitied her and where no friendly hand composed her aching limbs.

Source: tatoeba (909143)

Confucius said: "To see the dead person to his grave with the thought that he is unmistakably dead is inhuman and not something one should do. To see the dead person to his grave with the thought that he is still alive is unwise and also not something one should do."

Source: tatoeba (3295410)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.