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Meanings of misanthrope in English

Portuguese
misantropo
Catalan
misantrop
Spanish
misántropo

Someone who dislikes people in general.

misantropo
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Examples for "misanthropist"
Examples for "misanthropist"
1
She had just been staying in the house of the misanthropist.
George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings
2
A sentimental misanthropist, male or female, is quite out of place at court.
Tales and Novels — Volume 08
3
True to current comparisons Liverpool were even managed by a scowling misanthropist in the shape of Graeme Souness.
The Guardian
4
The truth is that-asthere is ample testimony in his prolific writings-hislordship was something of a misanthropist.
The Sea-Hawk
5
He was no longer the discouraged, sullen misanthropist, but had come to be instead a pacific, contented, even happy, gentleman.
In the Valley
Usage of misanthrope in English
1
Callimachus wrote the following couplet as an epitaph on the celebrated misanthrope:
The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
2
A misanthrope who's given up on the world and everything in it?
You can't stop me
3
He cultivated few people, in fact, was considered somewhat of a misanthrope.
The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure
4
All Hans knows about him is that he's a misanthrope and bull-headed.
The eye of the leopard
5
Such examples of selfish meanness often repeated will render me a misanthrope.
The Monctons: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 2)
6
He seems to have become a misanthrope, and a fatalist like myself.
Erema; Or, My Father's Sin
7
So, too, has the misanthrope, groaning at any severity shown towards him.
Chinese Literature / Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the S...
8
But how is it that you alone, Antisthenes, you misanthrope, love nobody?
The Symposium
9
He was a misanthrope in the worst sense of the word.
Breaking Away; or, The Fortunes of a Student
10
Of the latter, I presume; for I know you are not a misanthrope.
The Coquette, or, The History of Eliza Wharton / A Novel: Founde...
11
Even I, a natural misanthrope, have started to find it melancholy.
The Guardian
12
I am not a misanthrope, in spite of my bad stomach.
Aunt Jane's Nieces out West
13
He has drawn a misanthrope or man-hater, in imitation of that of Molière.
Letters on England
14
He did not assume the tone of a moralist or of a misanthrope.
Maximilian in Mexico: A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Inte...
15
Am I the only misanthrope who groans at the sight of these things?
The Irish Times
16
Nevertheless, this noble misanthrope longed to benefit his proteges still further.
The Mysterious Island
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Portuguese
misantropo
Catalan
misantrop
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