as in cynical
having or showing a deep distrust of human beings and their motives
a misanthropic outlook on life that probably stems from a childhood filled with physical and emotional abuse
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Recent Examples of misanthropic
The role captured all of his ironic charm and misanthropic appeal within the kind of debonair character that the perennial everyman had never quite shown us before.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
There was much to criticize ESPN for over the years, including the overdose of Yankees-Red Sox games and employing the misanthropic Schilling and repeat PED offender Álex Rodríguez.
—Paul Sullivan, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Already one of British television’s brightest rising stars after her award-winning turn on the Netflix hit Sex Education, Wood has a plum role as Chelsea, the floaty though street-smart girlfriend of Walton Goggin’s misanthropic grifter, in Lotus Season 3.
—Charlie Campbell / Koh Samui, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
But Ginsberg, by this point, is also a media brand, a misanthropic purist.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2025
There was much to criticize ESPN for over the years, including the overdose of Yankees-Red Sox games and employing the misanthropic Schilling and repeat PED offender Álex Rodríguez.
—Paul Sullivan, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
Already one of British television’s brightest rising stars after her award-winning turn on the Netflix hit Sex Education, Wood has a plum role as Chelsea, the floaty though street-smart girlfriend of Walton Goggin’s misanthropic grifter, in Lotus Season 3.
—Charlie Campbell / Koh Samui, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
But Ginsberg, by this point, is also a media brand, a misanthropic purist.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misanthropic
cynical
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The British showrunner of that blisteringly cynical drama spent five years and 39 episodes giving us a portrait of filthy rich people pulling strings and behaving badly.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
31 May 2025
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But the message at the heart of Isle of Dogs, that saving others is the only way to save one’s self, is enough to turn the most cynical viewer into a believer—and maybe even a dog lover.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 2025
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“Misanthropic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misanthropic. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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