English-Thai Dictionary
humane
ADJ มี มนุษยธรรม มี เมตตากรุณา me-ma-nud-sa-ya-chon
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
HUMANE
a.[supra. ] Having the feelings and dispositions proper to man; having tenderness, compassion, and a disposition to treat others with kindness; particularly in relieving them when in distress, or in captivity, when they are helpless or defenseless; kind; benevolent. 1. Inclined to treat the lower orders of animals with tenderness.
HUMANELY
adv. With kindness, tenderness or compassion; as, the prisoners were treated humanely. 1. In a humane manner; with kind feelings.
HUMANENESS
n.Tenderness.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
HUMANE
Hu *mane ", a. Etym: [L. humanus: cf. F. humain. See Human. ]
1. Pertaining to man; human. [Obs. ] Jer. Taylor.
2. Having the feelings and inclinations creditable to man; having a disposition to treat other human beings or animals with kindness; kind; benevolent. Of an exceeding courteous and humane inclination. Sportswood.
3. Humanizing; exalting; tending to refine.
Syn. -- Kind; sympathizing; benevolent; mild; compassionate; gentle; tender; merciful. -- Hu *mane "ly, adv. -- Hu *mane "ness, n.
New American Oxford Dictionary
humane
hu mane |(h )yo͞oˈmān (h )juˈmeɪn | ▶adjective 1 having or showing compassion or benevolence: regulations ensuring the humane treatment of animals. • inflicting the minimum of pain: humane methods of killing. 2 formal (of a branch of learning ) intended to have a civilizing or refining effect on people: the center emphasizes economics as a humane discipline. DERIVATIVES hu mane ly adverb, hu mane ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: the earlier form of human, restricted to the senses above in the 18th cent.
humane killer
hu ¦mane kill ¦er ▶noun Brit. an instrument for the painless slaughter of animals.
Oxford Dictionary
humane
humane |hjʊˈmeɪn | ▶adjective 1 having or showing compassion or benevolence: regulations ensuring the humane treatment of animals. • inflicting the minimum of pain: humane methods of killing. 2 formal (of a branch of learning ) intended to have a civilizing effect on people. DERIVATIVES humanely adverb, humaneness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: the earlier form of human, restricted to the senses above in the 18th cent.
humane killer
hu ¦mane kill ¦er ▶noun Brit. an instrument for the painless slaughter of animals.
American Oxford Thesaurus
humane
humane adjective the humane treatment of animals: compassionate, kind, considerate, understanding, sympathetic, tolerant; lenient, forbearing, forgiving, merciful, mild, gentle, tender, clement, benign, humanitarian, benevolent, charitable; caring, solicitous; warmhearted, tenderhearted, softhearted. ANTONYMS cruel. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Oxford Thesaurus
humane
humane adjective regulations ensuring the humane treatment of animals: compassionate, kind, kindly, kind-hearted, considerate, understanding, sympathetic, tolerant, civilized, good, good-natured, gentle; lenient, forbearing, forgiving, merciful, mild, tender, clement, benign, humanitarian, benevolent, charitable, generous, magnanimous; approachable, accessible; rare benignant. ANTONYMS cruel; inhumane. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Duden Dictionary
Humanethologie
Hu man etho lo gie Substantiv, feminin , die |Hum a nethologie |die Humanethologie; Genitiv: der Humanethologie Teilgebiet der Verhaltensforschung, das die Sitten und Gebräuche eines Volkes oder den Charakter einzelner Menschen untersucht
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
humane
hu mane /hjuméɪn / (! -a-は /eɪ /; 強勢は第2音節 ) 形容詞 more ～; most ～/｟まれ ｠～r ; ～st (↔inhumane )1 人道的な , 人情のある , 慈悲深い (merciful )(→human 2 ); 苦痛を与えない ▸ the humane treatment of prisoners 捕虜を人道的に取り扱うこと ▸ a humane way of killing cattle 痛みを与えずにウシを殺す方法 2 ｟まれ ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗教養的な , 人文学の 〈研究 学問など 〉▸ humane studies 人文科学 ～́ k ì ller ｟英 ｠無痛屠殺 （とさつ ）機 .H -́ Soc ì ety 〖the ～; 時にh - s- 〗動物愛護協会 .～ly 副詞 人道的に .～ness 名詞 U 慈悲深さ .
The Wordsmith Dictionary