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Definition of Misanthropical
1. Adjective. Believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others.
Similar to: Distrustful
Derivative terms: Cynic, Misanthropy, Misanthrope, Misanthropy
2. Adjective. Hating mankind in general.
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Misanthropy, Misanthrope, Misanthropy
Definition of Misanthropical
1. Adjective. misanthropic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misanthropical
Literary usage of Misanthropical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Essays of Macaulay: William Pitt, Early of Chatham; The Earl of by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1892)
"Under such circumstances, he had thrown down hie pen in misanthropical despair.
His farewell letter to Woodfall bears date the nineteenth of January 1773. ..."
2. Here and Beyond: Or, The New Man, the True Man by Hugh Smith Carpenter (1859)
"THE SACRED HYPOCHONDRIAC. — A FIDGETY TRAVELER. — THE DEVOTEE DRONE.—A SEXTON AT
HOME.—THE misanthropical CYNIC.—THE RELIGIOUS MERCENARY. ..."
3. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"misanthropical and cynical both indicate a hostile attitude to mankind in ...
misanthropical implies a morbid psychological condition—often a nervous horror ..."
4. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1854)
"I could not grow misanthropical when I saw in the eyes of sj many who ... "Could I
be misanthropical when I saw such fidelity, and dignity, and simplicity ? ..."
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