as in cynical
having or showing a deep distrust of human beings and their motives
a misanthropic outlook on life that probably stems from a childhood filled with physical and emotional abuse
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Its jazzy, deeply misanthropic voice-over about the suckers and idiots of the world feels like a howl of rage from the underside of a prosperous city.
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Christina Newland, Vulture, 6 June 2024
Well, this play could, in fact, be a stiff, empty, misanthropic soap opera in lesser hands.
—Trish Deitch, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
In that, Loder is witty, mischievous and somehow appealingly misanthropic, qualities that Dinklage commands with ease through his signature piercing gaze and intensely baritone voice.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
In the misanthropic world of Curb, everyone is a pathologically annoying product of their own pettiness, ignorance, prejudices, and hangups—Larry more than most.
—TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
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Christina Newland, Vulture, 6 June 2024
Well, this play could, in fact, be a stiff, empty, misanthropic soap opera in lesser hands.
—Trish Deitch, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
In that, Loder is witty, mischievous and somehow appealingly misanthropic, qualities that Dinklage commands with ease through his signature piercing gaze and intensely baritone voice.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 6 Mar. 2024
In the misanthropic world of Curb, everyone is a pathologically annoying product of their own pettiness, ignorance, prejudices, and hangups—Larry more than most.
—TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Misanthropic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misanthropic. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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