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Misanthropical

Misanthropic \Mis`an*throp"ic\, Misanthropical \Mis`an*throp"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. misanthropique.] Hating or disliking mankind.

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misanthropical

a. misanthropic

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misanthropical
  1. adj. believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others [syn: cynical, misanthropic]

  2. hating mankind in general [syn: misanthropic]

Usage examples of "misanthropical".

Ithuel, who had a waggery of his own, smiled as he saw the seamen folding their arms, throwing discontent and surliness into their countenances, and pacing the deck singly, as if misanthropical and disdaining to converse, whenever a boat came alongside from the shore.

He thanked de Batz warmly, and during the last half-hour, while the misanthropical lover spurned repentant Celimene, he was conscious of a curious sensation of impatience, a tingling of his nerves, a wild, mad longing to hear those full moist lips pronounce his name, and have those large brown eyes throw their half-veiled look into his own.