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Meanings of misanthropical in English

Believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others.

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Usage of misanthropical in English
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Under such circumstances, he had thrown down his pen in misanthropical despair.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
2
I believe his family troubles destroyed his happiness, and made him somewhat misanthropical.
The Living Link: A Novel
3
But this distinguished era is blotted by no one misanthropical vice.
The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 1 (1774-1779): The America...
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Could I be misanthropical when I saw such fidelity, and dignity, and simplicity?
Prue and I
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The very circumstances which make the shallow misanthropical incline the wise to be benevolent.
The Disowned — Volume 04
6
Thus, no less magnanimous than Lionel, did this misanthropical man follow his ungracious cousin.
What Will He Do with It? — Volume 02
7
He becomes vexed and as the result of this, misanthropical feelings soon invade his mind.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
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Perhaps you wonder it did not make me misanthropical.
Prue and I
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But Sophie had no time to continue so abstruse a subject with this misanthropical freebooter.
Stories by English Authors: England
10
She made no reply, her misanthropical philosophy prompting none.
Septimus
11
Softness enervates and irritates the temper of the young, and violence renders them mean and misanthropical.
Laws
12
What features were seen were stern and misanthropical.
The Talisman
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I might become a selfish, cruel, misanthropical person.
The Vanished Messenger
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Are you of a misanthropical turn of mind?
Melbourne House, Volume 2
15
And then they say one is misanthropical.
Endymion
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In noticing the solitary meal of the Maldivian islander, another reason may be alleged for this misanthropical repast.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
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