Inhuman: alternatives and connections

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Inhuman

Destitute of the kindness and tenderness that belong to a human being; cruel; barbarous; savage; unfeeling; as, an inhuman person or people.

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Inhumanity 74% connected

The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.

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Inhumanity 74% connected

The quality or state of being inhuman; cruelty; barbarity.

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Cold 92% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

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Cold-blooded 92% connected

Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.

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Insensate 92% connected

Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.

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