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misanthrope

/ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp//ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹoʊp/

misanthrope noun: one who has a negative view of the entire human race.

Noun

misanthrope (plural misanthropes)

  1. One who has a negative view of the entire human race.
    • Alas, poor Dean! his only scope
      Was to be held a misanthrope.1731, Jonathan Swift, On the Death of Jonathan Swift
    • I cannot love evergreens—they are the misanthropes of nature. To them the spring brings no promise, the autumn no decline; they are cut off from the sweetest of all ties with their kind—sympathy.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 50
  2. Someone who distrusts or avoids other people.

misanthrope meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

misanthrope in Tamil

மனிதர்களை வெறுப்பவன், மனித குலத்தை வெறுப்பவன்

misanthrope in Urdu

آدم بیزار, اکل کھرا, انسان دشمن

misanthrope in Bengali

মানুষবিদ্বেষী ব্যক্তি

misanthrope in Malayalam

മനുഷ്യവിദ്വേഷി, മനുഷ്യവൈരി, മനുഷ്യനെ വിശ്വാസമില്ലാത്തവൻ
More languagesFewer languages
misanthrope in Kannada
ಆಳಹಗೆ, ಮಂದಿಹಗೆ, ನಂಬದವನು, ಒಂಟೆ

Synonyms of misanthrope

Antonyms

Forms of misanthrope

pluralmisanthropes

Origin of misanthrope

From Ancient Greek from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”); compare miser.

Words formed from misanthrope

Words that rhyme with misanthrope

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Questions about misanthrope

What does misanthrope mean?
Misanthrope means one who has a negative view of the entire human race.
What is misanthrope in Tamil?
Misanthrope in Tamil is மனிதர்களை வெறுப்பவன், மனித குலத்தை வெறுப்பவன். See Misanthrope meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is misanthrope?
Misanthrope is a noun.
How do you pronounce misanthrope?
Misanthrope is pronounced /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/ (UK).
What is the plural of misanthrope?
The plural of misanthrope is misanthropes.

Words near misanthrope in the dictionary

  1. misannotations
  2. misanswer
  3. misanswered
  4. misanswering
  5. misanswers
  6. misanthrope
  7. misanthropes
  8. misanthropia
  9. misanthropic
  10. misanthropical
  11. misanthropically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misanthrope (page history and authors); misanthrope (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misanthrope (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misanthrope (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misanthrope (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misanthrope (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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