inhuman Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite without compunction or human feeling
cold; insensate; cold-blooded.
- in cold blood
- cold-blooded killing
- insensate destruction
adjective satellite belonging to or resembling something nonhuman
- something dark and inhuman in form
- a babel of inhuman noises

L. inhumanus: cf. F. inhumain. See In- not, and Human.

Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.
Characterized by, or attended with, cruelty; as, an inhuman act or punishment. Syn. -- Cruel; unfeeling; pitiless; merciless; savage; barbarous; brutal; ferocious; ruthless; fiendish.