misanthropical

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So he shut himself up in his chambers; wrote pages for his new book that were moody, misanthropical, and unbelieving; and on the whole was very unhappy.

From The Bertrams by Trollope, Anthony

Ah! there, indeed— Mrs. D. You take delight in misanthropical retirement.

From The Nephews: A Play, in Five Acts. by Iffland, August Wilhelm

It was a joke—a vile, malicious joke, worthy of the crabbed, misanthropical old man!

From Only One Love, or Who Was the Heir by Garvice, Charles

And so how shallow and how unfair it is to talk about evangelical Christianity as being gloomy, stern, or misanthropical!

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander

I'll think about it; but you know I prefer solitude generally; misanthropical, I admit, but decidedly lucky for me, as my companions through life will always be my ink-stand, my terrier, and my papers.

From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida