misanthropic

Questions about misanthropic

What does misanthropic mean?

misanthropic means "believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in misanthropic?

misanthropic has 4 syllables: mi-san-thro-pic. The stress falls on "thro".

What is another word for misanthropic?

Close synonyms include cynical, misanthropical, misanthropical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is misanthropic a common word?

misanthropic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.