Misanthropic: meaning, example and synonyms

Misanthropicadj. Disliking and distrusting people in general; avoiding human society.

Example

The novel's narrator grows so misanthropic after his business fails that he moves to a remote cabin and answers his family's letters only with silence.

Part of speech: adjective
Synonyms: antisocial, cynical, unsociable, reclusive
Antonyms: philanthropic, sociable, gregarious, humane
Memory tip: mis (hate) + anthropos (human): a hater of humankind.

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Question 1

Growing ever more ______ in old age, the philosopher refused all visitors and wrote that humanity's vices far outweighed its virtues.

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The satirist's ______ outlook pervades the novel, in which nearly every character is greedy, cowardly, or cruel.

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