misanthropic
Syllables: mis·an·throp·ic/ˌmɪsənˈθɹɒpɪk/US/ˌmɪsənˈθɹɑpɪk/
misanthropic adjective: having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.
Adjective
misanthropic (comparative more misanthropic, superlative most misanthropic)
- Having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.
- [C]hildren, ſervants, are falſe, fraudful, foul, if the miſanthropic man, who is father and maſter, lets fall among them, in his outbreaks of paſſion, his opinion that they are ſo.1860, Isaac Taylor, “Essay I. Ultimate Civilization.”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC, part I, section IV, page 37
- The torturers of any form of life torture the life. In this they are not only abominators of form, but haters of nature; and the violationist school is misozoic, life-hating; in continuation of that which it also is, misanthropic, or an enemy of mankind.1876, James John Garth Wilkinson, On Human Science: Good and Evil, and on Divine Revelation
- Antonyms:
- philanthropic
misanthropic meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
misanthropic in Tamil
- மனித இனத்தை வெறுக்கிற
misanthropic in Malayalam
- unsociable, antisocial, unfriendly
- മനുഷ്യദ്വേഷിയായ, സകലരെയും അവിശ്വസിക്കുന്ന, സമൂഹവിരുദ്ധനായ, സാമൂഹ്യവാസനകളില്ലാത്ത, സാമൂഹ്യബോധമില്ലാത്ത, സാമൂഹികദ്രോഹിയായ
misanthropic in Kannada
- ಮಾನವ ದ್ವೇಷಿಯಾದ, ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ ಒಲ್ಲದ, ಜನರೊಡನೆ ಸೇರದ
Antonyms of misanthropic
Forms of misanthropic
| comparative | more misanthropic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most misanthropic |
Origin of misanthropic
From misanthrope + -ic.
Words formed from misanthropic
Words that rhyme with misanthropic
- topic
- microscopic
- polytropic
- telescopic
- tropic
- catascopic
- megascopic
- monotropic
- myopic
- tonotopic
- allotopic
- diascopic
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- dystropic
- ectopic
- fibroscopic
- gonadotropic
- macroscopic
- microendoscopic
- monoscopic
- polytopic
- proctoscopic
- rhinoscopic
- thermoscopic
- thermotropic
- acroscopic
- adrenocorticotropic
- aerotropic
- Afrotropic
- allotropic
- amblyopic
- ametropic
- anascopic
- anoscopic
- anthropic
- antigonadotropic
- antitropic
- antroscopic
- apocopic
- arthroscopic
- arthrotropic
- asthenopic
- astroscopic
- atopic
- auriscopic
- autoscopic
- autostereoscopic
- baroscopic
- barotropic
- basiscopic
- bathmotropic
- bioscopic
- bronchoscopic
- brontoscopic
- chemotropic
- chromatophorotropic
- chromoendoscopic
- chromotropic
- chronoscopic
- chronotopic
- chronotropic
Questions about misanthropic
- What does misanthropic mean?
- Misanthropic means having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.
- What is misanthropic in Tamil?
- Misanthropic in Tamil is மனித இனத்தை வெறுக்கிற. See Misanthropic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is misanthropic?
- Misanthropic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce misanthropic?
- Misanthropic is pronounced /ˌmɪsənˈθɹɒpɪk/ (UK).
Words near misanthropic in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: misanthropic (page history and authors); misanthropic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); misanthropic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); misanthropic (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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