Synonyms: inhumane
Definition: lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion
Usage: humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used
Similar words: brutal, barbarous, cruel, vicious, savage, roughshod, fell
Definition: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Usage: a barbarous crime; brutal beatings; cruel tortures; Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks; a savage slap; vicious kicks
Similar words: beastly, bestial, brutal, brute, brutish
Definition: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
Usage: beastly desires; a bestial nature; brute force; a dull and brutish man; bestial treatment of prisoners
Similar words: cannibalic
Definition: marked by barbarity suggestive of a cannibal; rapaciously savage
Similar words: cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate
Definition: without compunction or human feeling
Usage: in cold blood; cold-blooded killing; insensate destruction
Similar words: pitiless, unkind
Definition: deficient in humane and kindly feelings