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misanthrope

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹəʊp/
  • UK: /ˈmɪz.ənˌθɹəʊp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈmɪs.ənˌθɹoʊp/
  • US: /ˈmɪz.ənˌθɹoʊp/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊp
  • CMU ARPABET: M IH1 S AH0 N TH R OW2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who has a negative view of the entire human race.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Someone who distrusts or avoids other people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who dislikes people in general

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: misanthropist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch

Narrower terms: misogynist, woman hater

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek from μισέω (miséō, “I hate”) and ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “man; human”); compare miser.

Across languages

Translations

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մարդատյաց (mardatyacʻ) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Basque: misantropo — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Belarusian: чалавеканенаві́снік (čalavjekanjenavísnik) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Belarusian: чалавеканенаві́сніца (čalavjekanjenavísnica) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Belarusian: мізантро́п (mizantróp) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Belarusian: мізантро́пка (mizantrópka) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Bulgarian: човекомра́зец (čovekomrázec) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Bulgarian: мизантро́п (mizantróp) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Bulgarian: мизантро́пка (mizantrópka) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Bulgarian: човеконенави́стник (čovekonenavístnik) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Bulgarian: човеконенави́стница (čovekonenavístnica) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Catalan: misantrop — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Czech: mizantrop — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Czech: mizantropka — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Danish: misantrop — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Dutch: misantroop — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Dutch: mensenhater — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Esperanto: mizantropo — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Finnish: ihmisvihaaja — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Finnish: misantrooppi — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • French: misanthrope — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Georgian: კაცთმოძულე (ḳactmoʒule) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Georgian: მიზანთროპი (mizantroṗi) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • German: Misanthrop — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • German: Misanthropin — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • German: Menschenhasser — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • German: Menschenhasserin — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • German: Menschenfeind — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • German: Menschenfeindin — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Greek: μισάνθρωπος (misánthropos) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Ancient Greek: μισάνθρωπος (misánthrōpos) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Hungarian: mizantróp — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Hungarian: embergyűlölő — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Irish: míchaidreamhach — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Italian: misantropo — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Italian: misantropa — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Korean: 사람을 싫어하는 사람 (saram-eul sireohaneun saram) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Latvian: mizantrops — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Macedonian: човекомразец (čovekomrazec) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Plautdietsch: Menschenfient — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Polish: mizantrop — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Polish: mizantropka — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Portuguese: misantropo — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Romanian: mizantrop — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Romanian: mizantropă — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Russian: человеконенави́стник (čelovekonenavístnik) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Russian: человеконенави́стница (čelovekonenavístnica) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Russian: мизантро́п (mizantróp) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Serbo-Croatian: човекомр́зац — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Serbo-Croatian: човјекомр́зац — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Serbo-Croatian: миза̀нтроп — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Serbo-Croatian: čovekomŕzac — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Serbo-Croatian: čovjekomŕzac — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Serbo-Croatian: mizàntrop — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Slovak: mizantrop — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Slovak: mizantropka — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Slovene: ljudomrznež — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Slovene: ljudomrznica — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Spanish: misántropo — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Spanish: misántropa — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Swedish: misantrop — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Ukrainian: людиноненави́сник (ljudynonenavýsnyk) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Ukrainian: людиноненави́сниця (ljudynonenavýsnycja) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Ukrainian: мізантро́п (mizantróp) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Ukrainian: мізантро́пка (mizantrópka) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Ukrainian: людонена́висник (ljudonenávysnyk) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Ukrainian: людонена́висниця (ljudonenávysnycja) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Ukrainian: чоловіконена́видник (čolovikonenávydnyk) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race
  • Ukrainian: чоловіконена́видниця (čolovikonenávydnycja) — one who has a negative view of the entire human race