Meaning of misanthrope in English
(Definition of misanthrope from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of misanthrope
misanthrope
To a coastal-hearted misanthrope like myself, it's mind-blowing.
From Slate Magazine
But all these adorable photo ops and economic indicators mask an inconvenient truth: koalas are disgusting misanthropes.
From The Verge
But after his father's death, the middle-aged misanthrope tries to reconnect with his family and live a more meaningful life.
From NPR
Mostly in our twenties and thirties, we were burgeoning scientists and misanthropes, each bringing to the table some appreciable field skill.
From NPR
We are misanthropes who like to walk in cemeteries.
From Los Angeles Times
It exhibits a misanthrope attitude that can hardly be a cause for celebration.
From Huffington Post
The image of the typical gore site user, a misanthrope in a basement, isn't entirely accurate.
From The Verge
A self-described jack-of-all-trades, social maniac, misanthrope and burgeoning self-help guru, she lavishes attention on her close friendships and emails.
From Los Angeles Times
He's definitely a full-blown misanthrope.
Being a childless misanthrope and everything, it pleased me to see two new books addressing one of my pet peeves: kids and all the things they don't like.
From TIME
Not only misanthropes who actually desire the harm of others will place value on the expression of negative passions.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Everyone would agree to that, even extreme misanthropes who deny that anyone in fact has rights.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Can a misanthrope smoke a cigar and muse?
From Project Gutenberg
He lives alone, leading a singularly isolated life--he would seem to be a misanthrope.
From Project Gutenberg
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