How to Use misanthrope in a Sentence

misanthrope

noun
  • Wilson has been described as a misanthrope, but that’s not quite right.
    — Chris Hewitt, Twin Cities, 23 Mar. 2017
  • From the far side of the door, Frank seemed like a misanthrope who maybe didn’t like his brother very much.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Maybe that seems like a hot take from a grouchy, antisocial misanthrope (still not wrong).
    — Clay Skipper, GQ, 1 Feb. 2018
  • In the book, Hazel’s father, Herb, is a misanthrope covered in wispy white hair.
    — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 4 May 2021
  • The casual viewer of White’s work might mistake him for a misanthrope.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Tyler remains the lonely misanthrope that arguably changed the face of rap — just a lot wealthier and wiser.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2021
  • The other one is sort of a misanthrope who can barely get along, and has a more messy internal experience.
    — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 8 June 2020
  • The story follows a rag-tag group of misanthropes who attempt to rob jewels from the Vatican.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Wilson, a middle-aged misanthrope, is based on a character created by Daniel Clowes in his graphic novel of the same name.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2017
  • Wilson, a middle-aged misanthrope, is based on a character created by Daniel Clowes in his graphic novel of the same name.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, The Denver Post, 24 Mar. 2017
  • Its narrator, Sally Milz, is a misanthrope who has given up on the idea of romantic partnership.
    — Washington Post Editors and Reviewers, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • Relationship management is a hugely important part of the game—let your guard down, and your team will become a group of angry, spiteful misanthropes who refuse to get along.
    — Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 8 May 2023
  • Still, this misanthrope takes somewhat of a liking to Fiona (Florence Ordesh), the woman who shows him to his room and tends the hotel bar.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Tatiana, a country girl, falls for our titular misanthrope and makes the foolish decision to write him a letter, only to be coldly rejected.
    — Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Their subjects included British misanthropes, fantasy kings and Russian spies.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2019
  • In a vicious about-face, the internet citizens -- who, just days prior, stood sentry between a weeping 11-year-old and five middle-school misanthropes -- turned on him.
    — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Rosales is Trevor, Penny’s other BFF, a misanthrope who’d rather fade into the background.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Much as my inner misanthrope laments the digitization of tan-line and character-building summer camps, Maker Camp turned out to be pretty cool.
    — Nathan Hurst, WIRED, 19 July 2012
  • American readers fell in love with this bloated, hapless misanthrope in a green hunting cap, and the bestselling comic novel won a Pulitzer—one of the few times the prize has been awarded posthumously.
    — The Economist, 30 May 2020
  • For all its rage and grotesquerie, that book was ultimately a conversion story about a depressive misanthrope who learns to live again, aided by psychopharmaceuticals and a brush with mass tragedy.
    — Jess Bergman, The New Republic, 22 June 2022
  • The decision to end the beloved sitcom about a group of New York misanthropes by putting them in jail for being bad Samaritans is now more than 20 years old, but age hasn't helped it.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 25 May 2023
  • Waking up one morning to find his wife, Sif, bald to the scalp, Thor goes straight to that conniving troublemaker, the shape-shifting crafty misanthrope who lives among the gods, and threatens to break every bone in his body.
    — Lidia Yuknavitch, New York Times, 15 May 2017
  • The laugh-out-loud factor, not to mention Dern’s presence, begins to decrease, and Wilson’s ultimate change from a misanthrope to a happy human being doesn’t ring completely true.
    — David Lewis, Orange County Register, 23 Mar. 2017
  • But Ferrell foregoes the lip-smacking villainy of that legendary misanthrope in favor of a traditionally secondary role, the Ghost of Christmas Present.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2022
  • In addition to her reputation as an incredible, often unsettling writer, Highsmith earned herself the reputation of a grumpy misanthrope.
    — Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Within the field of nature writing, Matthiessen works primarily in the tradition of the spiritual pilgrim, while Tesson writes in the tradition of the disgruntled misanthrope.
    — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
  • Continuously caught off guard by Lena’s seemingly naive openness, the misanthrope and old drunkard unexpectedly captivates her with his remarkable talent for writing.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 18 May 2024
  • Countless other stories have modeled characters on Dickens’ iconic misanthrope, albeit without the Victorian sleeping cap.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Clavicular is the poster child—though by no means the most extreme representative—of the looksmaxxing movement, the latest permutation of an ideology developed by too online misogynist misanthropes in the twenty-tens.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
  • My favorite early-20th-century humor writer was Stephen Leacock, a joyful misanthrope who found much to lampoon in human behavior, particularly the overheated prose in Victorian drama.
    — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021

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