“Though not a misanthropist, he appears in general to have preferred solitary communion with nature to human society.”

“As one may glean from her verbal tilt with Sandeau, she was not a recluse or a misanthropist.”

“In the manuscript for the book, he portrays O'Hair as a foul-mouthed, bigoted misanthropist who had amassed a fortune while pleading poverty.”

“But lilting Irish brogues and ebullient ribaldry are not enough to temper O'Casey's disgusted misanthropy.”

“Although misandry is sometimes confused with misanthropy, the terms are not interchangeable, since the latter refers to the hatred of humanity.”

“Misology is like misanthropy in that each arises where there is a great deal of faith but no art or artfulness.”

“And, although this touchy-feely motion picture transforms Redford's character into a human being, he starts out as an unapologetic misanthrope.”

“The misanthrope is a harmless cuss, keeping mainly to herself and bothering no one, asking only that you not bother her.”

“Consider both an avid cocktail party hostess with hundreds of acquaintances and a grumpy misanthrope, who may have one or two friends.”

“Only misanthropists disagree or the dottier Malthusians who send green-ink tweets deploring any state assistance for child-rearing.”

“Zidane's lesson to the misanthropists makes for extraordinary reading.”

“Such ideals could make people believe that the church of the Divine Breath is nothing but a gathering of misanthropists who spend more time in the wilderness than at home.”

“Like a lot of other bedridden misanthropes, I got into the lifestyle after being stricken by illness and liked it so much I decided not to leave.”

“And people like me who say things like this get labelled sour old misanthropes.”

“Where do those of us who are already part-time misanthropes go when people seem even worse than usual?”