Antonyms for misanthropic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : mis-uhn-throp-ik, miz-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɪs ənˈθrɒp ɪk, ˌmɪz-

Definition of misanthropic

Origin : 1762, from misanthrope + -ic. Earlier was misanthropical (1620s).

adj unsociable, cynical

Example sentences :

Now, mind, I do not say this in any spirit of misanthropic invective.
Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II) » by Edmund Downey

Do we not see here one reason why men become cynical and misanthropic?
Extract from : « Sermons » by Clement Bailhache

He lived his later years in Mayence, lonely and misanthropic.
Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker

Gustav is in some sort too misanthropic; he must exaggerate rather easily.
Extract from : « In Vain » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

I hate to have my poor boy cross and disagreeable, and misanthropic.
Extract from : « Wanted: A Cook » by Alan Dale

Now he was cut by the county, and relapsed into misanthropic debauchery.
Extract from : « The Love Affairs of Lord Byron » by Francis Henry Gribble

Byron began the folly with his misanthropic “Childe Harold.”
Extract from : « Prose Idylls » by Charles Kingsley

Had it at Martell's with my dolorous, misanthropic relative.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College » by Jessie Graham Flower

M. Topinard, however, has grown gloomy and misanthropic; he says little.
Extract from : « Cousin Pons » by Honore de Balzac

In what sense has the philosophy of the past been misanthropic?
Extract from : « John Dewey's logical theory » by Delton Thomas Howard

Synonyms for misanthropic

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