as in cynic
a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons
a former misanthrope who now professes a newly discovered love of mankind
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Recent Examples of misanthrope
Among the roster of holidaymakers is Rick, a greasy misanthrope played by Walton Goggins, and his significantly younger girlfriend, Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood), a fun, flirty babe whose perpetual good mood is at complete odds with her partner.
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Olivia Petter, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
Edward is a misanthrope and a scold (The Imitation Game).
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
The late Swiss writer Markus Werner’s bleakly funny The Frog in the Throat, first published forty years ago, is a parallel portrait of father-and-son misanthropes and seems to speak directly to our moment.
—James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2025
Misery loves company; a misanthrope, however, does not.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2025
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Olivia Petter, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
Edward is a misanthrope and a scold (The Imitation Game).
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
The late Swiss writer Markus Werner’s bleakly funny The Frog in the Throat, first published forty years ago, is a parallel portrait of father-and-son misanthropes and seems to speak directly to our moment.
—James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2025
Misery loves company; a misanthrope, however, does not.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misanthrope
cynic
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On the other hand, skeptics and cynics tend to be insistent right now that the clean-up activity is not going to last very long.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Travis Kelce knows what the cynics might think of his relationship with Taylor Swift — two of the most famous people in America just happen to match up perfectly?—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Misanthrope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misanthrope. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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