Antonyms for misanthropic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : mis-uhn-throp-ik, miz-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɪs ənˈθrɒp ɪk, ˌmɪz-


Definition of misanthropic

Origin :
  • 1762, from misanthrope + -ic. Earlier was misanthropical (1620s).
  • adj unsociable, cynical
Example sentences :
  • Now, mind, I do not say this in any spirit of misanthropic invective.
  • Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) » by Edmund Downey
  • Do we not see here one reason why men become cynical and misanthropic?
  • Extract from : « Sermons » by Clement Bailhache
  • He lived his later years in Mayence, lonely and misanthropic.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • Gustav is in some sort too misanthropic; he must exaggerate rather easily.
  • Extract from : « In Vain » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • I hate to have my poor boy cross and disagreeable, and misanthropic.
  • Extract from : « Wanted: A Cook » by Alan Dale
  • Now he was cut by the county, and relapsed into misanthropic debauchery.
  • Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Lord Byron » by Francis Henry Gribble
  • Byron began the folly with his misanthropic “Childe Harold.”
  • Extract from : « Prose Idylls » by Charles Kingsley
  • Had it at Martell's with my dolorous, misanthropic relative.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • M. Topinard, however, has grown gloomy and misanthropic; he says little.
  • Extract from : « Cousin Pons » by Honore de Balzac
  • In what sense has the philosophy of the past been misanthropic?
  • Extract from : « John Dewey's logical theory » by Delton Thomas Howard

Synonyms for misanthropic

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