different between inhumane vs bloodthirsty

English

Etymology

in- +? humane

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nhju??me?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Adjective

inhumane (comparative more inhumane, superlative most inhumane)

1. lacking pity or compassion for misery and suffering; cruel, unkind, not humane.

Antonyms

• humane

Translations

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

inhumane

1. inflection of inhuman:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Adjective

inh?m?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of inh?m?nus

References

• inhumane in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inhumane in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inhumane in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From blood +? thirsty. Cognate with West Frisian bloeddorstich (“bloodthirsty”), Dutch bloeddorstig (“bloodthirsty”), German blutdürstig (“bloodthirsty”), Danish blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”), Swedish blodtörstig (“bloodthristy”), Norwegian blodtørstig (“bloodthirsty”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bl?d???sti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bl?d???sti/
• Hyphenation: blood?thirsty, blood?thirs?ty

Adjective

bloodthirsty (comparative bloodthirstier or more bloodthirsty, superlative bloodthirstiest or most bloodthirsty)

1. Thirsty for blood: inexorably violent or eager for bloodshed; murderous.

   Synonyms: bloodlusty, homicidal, (archaic) murtherous, murderous

   Antonym: unbloodthirsty
2. Of a book, film, etc.: depicting much violence; gory, violent.
3. (humorous) Of a mosquito, tenaciously seeking to draw blood.

Alternative forms

• blood-thirsty
• bloudthirsty, bloud-thirsty (obsolete)

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