misanthropical

Questions about misanthropical

What does misanthropical mean?

misanthropical 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 misanthropical?

misanthropical has 5 syllables and divides as mi-san-thro-pi-cal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for misanthropical?

Close synonyms include cynical, misanthropic, misanthropic. 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 misanthropical a common word?

misanthropical 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.