Misanthropical
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 misanthropic
"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."
- 1 hating mankind in general wordnet
- 2 believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others wordnet
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More examples"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."
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