misanthropical
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Neglect and disappointment soured Wilson’s temper, and made him a very surly, irritable man, sometimes quite misanthropical; as well they might, considering his great talents and his extreme poverty.
From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.
Take down your notification; it is misanthropical; much the same sign that Timon traced with charcoal on the forehead of a skull stuck over his cave.
From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman
But he was a Bohemian naturally and by habit, the restraints of the court irked him, and with increasing years he was growing misanthropical.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
In his serious poems he calls it "the loss of his illusions;" and expresses himself with misanthropical indignation, or with a bleeding heart.
From My Recollections of Lord Byron by Jerningham, Hubert E. H. (Hubert Edward Henry), Sir
The churlish and misanthropical Squire became violently enslaved; unfortunately, however, the lady declined his addresses.
From Dorrien of Cranston by Mitford, Bertram
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