misanthrope
noun
a person who hates, dislikes, or distrusts most others; an antisocial, cynical, or unfriendly person.
misanthropist
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a variation of
misanthrope.
Example Sentences
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His tweets have triggered an unexpectedly heated debate during which he’s been belittled as a killjoy, a pedant, and even a misanthropist.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2018
Of all the presidents, Richard Nixon was a misanthropist, which means a hater of mankind in general.
From US News ● May 2, 2016
He describes himself as an "equal opportunities misanthropist", saying he's "skewered many more men than women, and possibly more donkeys than both".
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2012
The Way of the World.—The world deals good-naturedly with good-natured people, and I never knew a sulky misanthropist who quarrelled with it but it was he and not it that was in the wrong.—Thackeray.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 by Charles Peters
George Chapman outlived his great rival many years, and died as he had lived, a friendless misanthropist.
From Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Arthur Acheson
