misanthropic UK /ˌmɪsənˈθɹɒpɪk/US /ˌmɪsənˈθɹɑpɪk/ adjective1 •Having a negative view of mankind. This may express itself as, e.g., distrust, dislike, hate, or contempt.[C]hildren, servants, are false, fraudful, foul, if the misanthropic man, who is father and master, lets fall among them, in his outbreaks of passion, his opinion that they are so. — 1860 formsmore misanthropic · most misanthropic