misanthropical

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She knew she could trust Silas Dixon, although he was a surly, misanthropical sort of man.

From Settling Day by Gould, Nat

This, the substance of Sidney Hinchford's reply, which was despatched, and then the curtain fell between these two young men, and Sidney alone in the world, more grim, more business-like, even more misanthropical than ever.

From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William

"Because I should like you to be a little misanthropical just now, and a little distrustful—of men, that is to say, Miss Grey."

From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various

The dogs, who had no misanthropical tendencies, had made friends with Izzie already, and had grouped themselves about her, and laid their big paws and cold wet noses on her knee.

From The Doctor's Wife by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

One day, while sitting in his garret, needle in hand, eyeing lugubriously the rent in his trousers, and thinking over some bitter misanthropical verses which he was then writing, a letter was brought to him.

From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.