misanthropical

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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

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

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

Travelling about in a misanthropical mood I stopped in a small town situate in a delightful country, and through my introductions made acquaintance with some interesting people.

From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various

He had lived at the acm� of fortune and trod upon circumstances all his life, and this we hold to be the true way of becoming misanthropical.

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)