misanthropist

Example Sentences

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His tweets have triggered an unexpectedly heated debate during which he’s been belittled as a killjoy, a pedant, and even a misanthropist.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2018

Of all the presidents, Richard Nixon was a misanthropist, which means a hater of mankind in general.

From US News • May 2, 2016

He describes himself as an "equal opportunities misanthropist", saying he's "skewered many more men than women, and possibly more donkeys than both".

From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2012

He was no longer the discouraged, sullen misanthropist, but had come to be instead a pacific, contented, even happy, gentleman.

From In the Valley by Frederic, Harold

She had just been staying in the house of the misanthropist.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys