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| Main Entry: | misanthrope |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who hates others |
| Synonyms: | cynic, doubter, egotist, isolate, loner, recluse, skeptic, egoist, hater, misanthropist |
| Notes: | a misandrist hates persons of the male sex, a misogynist hates persons of the female sex, and a misanthrope is a hater of mankind |
| Antonyms: | humanitarian, philanthropist |
| Main Entry: | cynic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonbeliever |
| Synonyms: | detractor, doubter, doubting Thomas*, egotist, misanthrope, misogynist, pessimist, skeptic, carper, caviler, disbeliever, egoist, flouter, misanthropist, misogamist, mocker, questioner, satirist, scoffer, sneerer, unbeliever |
| Antonyms: | believer, optimist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hermit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who chose to live alone |
| Synonyms: | ascetic, misanthrope, recluse, skeptic, solitary, anchorite, eremite, outside of human society anchoret, pillarist, solitaire, solitarian, stylite |
| Main Entry: | misogynist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | woman-hater |
| Synonyms: | male chauvinist, misanthrope, anti-feminist, sexist |
| Main Entry: | naysayer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pessimist |
| Synonyms: | cynic, downer, gloomy, killjoy*, misanthrope, party pooper, sourpuss*, wet blanket*, complainer, defeatist, prophet of doom |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pessimist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who expects bad outcome |
| Synonyms: | cynic, downer, gloomy, killjoy*, misanthrope, party pooper, sourpuss*, wet blanket*, complainer, crepehanger, defeatist, depreciator, prophet of doom, worrier, worrywart |
| Antonyms: | optimist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | Scrooge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skinflint |
| Synonyms: | meanie, misanthrope, miser, tightwad, cheapskate, misanthropist, moneygrubber, niggard, penny-pincher |
| Main Entry: | skeptic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who is leery, unbelieving |
| Synonyms: | agnostic, apostate, atheist, cynic, dissenter, doubter, doubting Thomas*, freethinker, heathen, heretic, infidel, misanthrope, nihilist, pagan, pessimist, disbeliever, materialist, misbeliever, profaner, questioner, rationalist, scoffer, unbeliever |
| Antonyms: | believer, devotee, disciple |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | male chauvinist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | man believing in male superiority |
| Synonyms: | bigot, chauvinist, misanthrope, racist, MCP, anti-feminist, female chauvinist, jingoist, male chauvinist pig, manist, masculist, sexist, supremacist |
| Main Entry: | crank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | an ill-natured person |
| Synonyms: | grouch, misanthrope, complainer, curmudgeon |
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