different between inhumane vs harsh

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 Middle English harsk, harisk(e), hask(e), herris. Century derived the term from Old Norse harskr (whence Danish harsk (“rancid”), dialectal Norwegian hersk, Swedish härsk); the Middle English Dictionary derives it from that and Middle Low German harsch (“rough”, literally “hairy”) (whence also German harsch), from haer (“hair”); the Oxford Dictionary of English derives it from Middle Low German alone.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /h???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h???/
• Rhymes: -??(?)?

Adjective

harsh (comparative harsher, superlative harshest)

1. Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
2. Severe or cruel.

Antonyms

• genteel

Translations

Verb

harsh (third-person singular simple present harshes, present participle harshing, simple past and past participle harshed)

1. (intransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.
2. (transitive, slang) to put a damper on (a mood).

Synonyms

• rough

Derived terms

• harshly
• harshness

Translations