misanthropical

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And so how shallow and how unfair it is to talk about evangelical Christianity as being gloomy, stern, or misanthropical!

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander

Would she not wear misanthropical or weary traces of such a life?

From The Old Helmet, Volume I by Warner, Susan

But there was nothing morbid or misanthropical in his composition; his shyness was rather the result of an intense devotion to his studies.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various

It was a risky experiment, to tear himself away from his customary occupation and society, and wish to pass the rest of his life at the side of a nervous misanthropical wife.

From Felix Lanzberg's Expiation by Schubin, Ossip

Ah! there, indeed— Mrs. D. You take delight in misanthropical retirement.

From The Nephews: A Play, in Five Acts. by Iffland, August Wilhelm