different between monstrous vs inhuman

English

Etymology

From Middle English monstrous, from Old French monstrueuse, monstrüos, from Latin m?nstr?sus. Compare monstruous.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?nst??s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?nst??s/
• Hyphenation: mon?strous

Adjective

monstrous (comparative more monstrous, superlative most monstrous)

1. Hideous or frightful.
2. Enormously large.

   a monstrous height
3. Freakish or grotesque.

   • The irregular and monstrous births

   • 1650, Jeremy Taylor, The rule and exercises of holy living

     He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love […] is unnatural and monstrous in his affections.

4. Of, or relating to a mythical monster; full of monsters.
5. (obsolete) Marvellous; exceedingly strange; fantastical.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Translations

Middle English

Adjective

monstrous

1. Alternative form of monstruous

English

Etymology

in- +? human

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?hju?m?n/
• Rhymes: -u?m?n

Adjective

inhuman (comparative more inhuman, superlative most inhuman)

1. Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.

Antonyms

• humane

Translations

Anagrams

• humanin

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

inhuman (comparative inhumaner, superlative am inhumansten)

1. inhumane

Declension

Further reading

• “inhuman” in Duden online

Spanish

Verb

inhuman

1. Second-person plural (ustedes) present indicative form of inhumar.
2. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes^?) present indicative form of inhumar.