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单词 misanthropic
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Definition of misanthropic in English:

misanthropic

adjective mɪs(ə)nˈθrɒpɪkmɪz(ə)nˈθrɒpɪkˌmɪs(ə)nˈθrɑpɪk
  • Having or showing a dislike of other people; unsociable.

    a misanthropic drunken loner
    with his misanthropic outlook, he was an ugly character
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, the aggressive and misanthropic nature of the imperialist power system, the denial of any democratic conditions, finds its most visible expression in it.
    • In any event, the conclusion of Solaris has an unpleasant, misanthropic quality.
    • As a result, the film contains no fresh insights and is a cold and misanthropic work.
    • It is possible that you are antisocial, misanthropic, or in need of a good shrink.
    • Kubrick, of course, is eternally categorised as cold, unemotional, misanthropic, somehow inhuman.
    Synonyms
    antisocial, unsociable, unfriendly, reclusive, uncongenial, unneighbourly, inhospitable, cynical, suspicious, distrustful, sceptical, jaundiced, narrow-minded

Derivatives

  • misanthropical

  • adjective mɪz(ə)nˈθrɒpɪk(ə)lmɪs(ə)nˈθrɒpɪk(ə)l
    • With him, we may fear, it was a source of misanthropical bitterness, poisoning all the springs of happiness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In 1957, Orson Welles finished filming his last American film, a lurid and misanthropical thriller, Touch of Evil.
      • What features were seen were stern and misanthropical.
      • If a common man were to dare to be as moody, as contemptuous, and as misanthropical, the world would laugh at him.
      • Martin, the hero, is the grandson of old Martin Chuzzlewit, a wealthy gentleman made misanthropical by the greed of his family.
  • misanthropically

  • adverbmɪz(ə)nˈθrɒpɪk(ə)limɪs(ə)nˈθrɒpɪk(ə)li
    • The sudden stop is as misanthropically cynical and arbitrary as the track's brutal beginning and will either summon hangman's smiles from the listener or sighs of exasperation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Another character who is misanthropically withdrawn finds redemption in slow stages, progressing from ordinary decency to true heroism.
      • He was too busy eating hot dogs, his face distorted by the meat, his dark feral eyes gleaming misanthropically into the field of play.
      • Previously in this space, I rather misanthropically grumbled about the usual preponderance of retro rock tours scheduled for this summer.
      • She's the kind of grown-up girl who does cartwheels on the beach while he watches with his hands thrust misanthropically in his pockets.

Rhymes

ectopic, gyroscopic, heliotropic, horoscopic, isotopic, isotropic, kaleidoscopic, macroscopic, microscopic, myopic, philanthropic, phototropic, telescopic, topic, tropic

Definition of misanthropic in US English:

misanthropic

adjectiveˌmɪs(ə)nˈθrɑpɪkˌmis(ə)nˈTHräpik
  • Disliking humankind and avoiding human society.

    a misanthropic drunken loner
    with his misanthropic outlook, he was an ugly character
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In any event, the conclusion of Solaris has an unpleasant, misanthropic quality.
    • As a result, the film contains no fresh insights and is a cold and misanthropic work.
    • It is possible that you are antisocial, misanthropic, or in need of a good shrink.
    • Kubrick, of course, is eternally categorised as cold, unemotional, misanthropic, somehow inhuman.
    • However, the aggressive and misanthropic nature of the imperialist power system, the denial of any democratic conditions, finds its most visible expression in it.
    Synonyms
    antisocial, unsociable, unfriendly, reclusive, uncongenial, unneighbourly, inhospitable, cynical, suspicious, distrustful, sceptical, jaundiced, narrow-minded
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