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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others [syn: cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical]
2: hating mankind in general [syn: misanthropic, misanthropical]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1762 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope 2. marked by a hatred or contempt for humankind Synonyms: see cynical • misanthropically adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Misanthropic Mis`an*throp"ic, Misanthropical Mis`an*throp"ic*al, a. [Cf. F. misanthropique.] Hating or disliking mankind.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe a person or their feelings as misanthropic, you mean that they do not like other people. (FORMAL) ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

Timonistic, antisocial, cynical, egocentric, egoistic, eremitic, man-hating, misogynic, misogynous, reclusive, reserved, sexist, solitary, standoffish, unfriendly, unsociable, unsocial, woman-hating