Meanings
comparative more misanthropical · superlative most misanthropical
- misanthropic
1 more example
Although, as we have seen, Mr. Pen had pronounced himself for years past to be a man perfectly blase and wearied of life, yet the truth is that he was an exceedingly healthy young fellow still: with a fine appetite, which he satisfied with the greatest relish and satisfaction at least once a day; and a constant desire for society, which showed him to be anything but misanthropical.
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 47, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivebelieving the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
adjectivehating mankind in general
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Rhymes with misanthropical
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