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misanthrope

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mis·an·thrope  (msn-thrp, mz-) also mis·an·thro·pist (ms-nthr-pst, mz-)
n.
One who hates or mistrusts humankind.
[French, from Greek msanthrpos, hating mankind : mso-, miso- + anthrpos, man.]
misanthrope [miz-zan-thrope, miz-zan-throp-ist, miz-zan-throp-ik, miz-zan-throp-ee] or misanthropist
Noun
a person who dislikes or distrusts people in general [Greek misos hatred + anthrōpos man]
misanthropic
Adjective
misanthropy
Noun
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Noun1.misanthropemisanthrope - someone who dislikes people in general
misanthropist
crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump, churl - a bad-tempered person
misogynist, woman hater - a misanthrope who dislikes women in particular
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Like a plethoric burning martyr, or a self-consuming misanthrope, once ignited, the whale supplies his own fuel and burns by his own body.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
All the hate and scorn and love of a deep nature such as the shy man is ever cursed by fester and corrupt within, instead of spending themselves abroad, and sour him into a misanthrope and cynic.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
Yet I experienced sometimes that the most sweet and tender, the most innocent and encouraging society may be found in any natural object, even for the poor misanthrope and most melancholy man.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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