Wondering how to use Misanthrope in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as grouch or grump.
Misanthrope meaning
- One who has a negative view of the entire human race.
- Someone who distrusts or avoids other people.
Using Misanthrope
- The main meaning on this page is: One who has a negative view of the entire human race. | Someone who distrusts or avoids other people.
- Useful related words include: misanthropist, grouch, grump, crank.
- In the example corpus, misanthrope often appears in combinations such as: benevolent misanthrope, le misanthrope, the misanthrope.
Context around Misanthrope
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Misanthrope
- In this selection, "misanthrope" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, benevolent, sworn, words, ecmorandomnumbers, meaning and means stand out and add context to how "misanthrope" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1666 le misanthrope was produced and a misanthrope or misanthropist. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "misanthrope" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with misanthrope
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A misanthrope or misanthropist is someone who holds such views or feelings. (12 words)
Moosedick Gladys GreengroinBenevolent Misanthrope: Damn, guys - why not just bring back a modernized version of the guillotine? (17 words)
Also during 2007, Nocturno Culto completed and released The Misanthrope, a film about black metal and life in Norway. (19 words)
The name is a pun on the words “misanthrope,” meaning a general hatred and distrust for human kind, and “Anthropocene,” a geological time period meant to denote the period since humans made an impact on Earth. (36 words)
For at least a century, scholars have argued that the supposed lack of education of Molière, the French playwright responsible for seminal masterpieces including Tartuffe and Le Misanthrope, means he could not have written them. (35 words)
That they were willing to go this hard in imagining the inner life of a sworn misanthrope is an act of courage on both their parts. (26 words)
Moosedick Gladys GreengroinBenevolent Misanthrope: Damn, guys - why not just bring back a modernized version of the guillotine? (17 words)
Example sentences (10)
That they were willing to go this hard in imagining the inner life of a sworn misanthrope is an act of courage on both their parts.
Benevolent Misanthrope: ecmoRandomNumbers: One of the modmins on this site has a picture of my car after I flipped it in Salt River Canyon in Arizona.
The name is a pun on the words “misanthrope,” meaning a general hatred and distrust for human kind, and “Anthropocene,” a geological time period meant to denote the period since humans made an impact on Earth.
Benevolent Misanthrope: And of course Trump will be crowing about this for a week, making the case for his goddamn border wall.
For at least a century, scholars have argued that the supposed lack of education of Molière, the French playwright responsible for seminal masterpieces including Tartuffe and Le Misanthrope, means he could not have written them.
Moosedick Gladys GreengroinBenevolent Misanthrope: Damn, guys - why not just bring back a modernized version of the guillotine?
Updated to current times, Hanover’s production of the “The Misanthrope,” presents “a searching comic study of falsity, shallowness and self-righteousness.
Also during 2007, Nocturno Culto completed and released The Misanthrope, a film about black metal and life in Norway.
A misanthrope or misanthropist is someone who holds such views or feelings.
Louis XIV invites Molière to share his supper—an unfounded Romantic anecdote, illustrated in 1863 painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme In 1666, Le Misanthrope was produced.
Common combinations with misanthrope
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- benevolent misanthrope 2×
- le misanthrope 2×
- the misanthrope 2×