misanthropical

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
adjective hating mankind in general

Do you forget his misanthropical invectives, his personal attacks, his 'Avatar,' his epigrams?" — My Recollections of Lord Byron, Teresa, contessa di Guiccioli
He grew eccentric and misanthropical; he affected an utter indifference as to what became of him. — Lady Audley's Secret, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
The condition, if they are much beaten about, prepares true lovers, through their mutual tenderness, to be bitterly misanthropical. — The Amazing Marriage — Complete, George Meredith

cynical, misanthropic

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