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Meanings of
misanthropist
in English
Portuguese
misantropo
Catalan
misantrop
Spanish
misántropo
Back to the meaning
Someone who dislikes people in general.
misanthrope
Portuguese
misantropo
Synonyms
Examples for "
misanthrope
"
misanthrope
Examples for "
misanthrope
"
1
Callimachus wrote the following couplet as an epitaph on the celebrated
misanthrope
:
2
A
misanthrope
who's given up on the world and everything in it?
3
He cultivated few people, in fact, was considered somewhat of a
misanthrope
.
4
All Hans knows about him is that he's a
misanthrope
and bull-headed.
5
Such examples of selfish meanness often repeated will render me a
misanthrope
.
Usage of
misanthropist
in English
1
She had just been staying in the house of the
misanthropist
.
2
A sentimental
misanthropist
,
male or female, is quite out of place at court.
3
True to current comparisons Liverpool were even managed by a scowling
misanthropist
in the shape of Graeme Souness.
4
The truth is that-asthere is ample testimony in his prolific writings-hislordship was something of a
misanthropist
.
5
He was no longer the discouraged, sullen
misanthropist
,
but had come to be instead a pacific, contented, even happy, gentleman.
6
Relatives I had as few as
misanthropist
could desire; but from self-congratulation on the fact, on first landing, I soon came to keen regret.
7
Yet, when Lucilius paused, she remarked that doubtless the
misanthropist
had spoken of her, and probably of Octavia also, in quite a different way.
8
"Whoever," he said, "is not a
misanthropist
at forty can never have loved mankind."
9
"Sir," said the
misanthropist
,
bluntly, in reply to some observation by Gervayse Hastings, "pray do not address me again.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
say the misanthropist
sentimental misanthropist
sullen misanthropist
Translations for
misanthropist
Portuguese
misantropo
Catalan
misantrop
Spanish
misántropo
Misanthropist
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