OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11760

misanthrope

/ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
misántropa • misántropo
One who has a negative view of the entire human race.
Alas, poor Dean! his only scope Was to be held a misanthrope.
I cannot love evergreens—they are the misanthropes of nature. To them the spring brings no promise, the autumn no decline; they are cut off from the sweetest of all ties with their…
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