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retiring
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???ta?(?)???/
- Rhymes: -a?????
Adjective
retiring
- introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.
- 1911, Theodore Dreiser, Jennie Gerhardt, Chapter LX:
- Lester was in the thick of social and commercial affairs; he walked in paths to which Jennie's retiring soul had never aspired.
- 1911, Theodore Dreiser, Jennie Gerhardt, Chapter LX:
Translations
Verb
retiring
- present participle of retire
- Today is the party for our retiring co-workers.
Noun
retiring (plural retirings)
- retirement
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Apophthegms
- One day of those his retirings [sic], giving out that he was sick, his father Antigonus came on the sudden to visit him, and met a fair dainty youth coming out of his chamber.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Apophthegms
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misanthropic
English
Etymology
From misanthrope +? -ic.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?.s?n????.p?k/, /?m?.z?n????.p?k/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?s.?n????p.?k/
Adjective
misanthropic (comparative more misanthropic, superlative most misanthropic)
- Hating or disliking mankind.
Antonyms
- (hating mankind): philanthropic
Derived terms
- misanthropical
- misanthropically
Related terms
- misanthrope
- misanthropist
- misanthropy
Translations
See also
- altruism
- misandry
- misogyny
- philandry
- philogyny
- Timonian
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