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cannibalistic
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cannibalistic
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | man-eating |
| Synonyms: | anthropophagous, primitive, savage |
| Main Entry: | inhuman/inhumane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | animal, savage |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, cannibalistic, cold-blooded, cruel, devilish, diabolical, fell, ferocious, fiendish, fierce, grim, hateful, heartless, implacable, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, merciless, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, truculent, uncompassionate, unfeeling, unkind, unrelenting, unsympathetic, vicious |
| Antonyms: | animate, human/humane, sensate |
| Main Entry: | meat-eating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | carnivorous |
| Synonyms: | cannibalistic, flesh-eating, omophagous, predacious |
| Main Entry: | inhuman |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | animal |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, cannibalistic, cold-blooded, cruel, devilish, diabolical, fell, ferocious, fiendish, fierce, grim, hateful, heartless, implacable, inhumane, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, merciless, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, savage, truculent, uncompassionate, unfeeling, unkind, unrelenting, unsympathetic, vicious, wolfish |
| Notes: | inhuman means 'lacking human qualities such as kindness' while inhumane means 'being cruel or insensitive to others' |
| Antonyms: | human |
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