That, in fact, is the misanthrope scheme.
King labels herself a misanthrope.
He was not a dour misanthrope.
He is originally portrayed as a womanizing misanthrope with a short temper.
A disappointment in love leads them to retreat from the world, to become misanthropes and outcasts.
A misanthrope, or misanthropist is someone who holds such views or feelings.
A drunkard and misanthrope, he nevertheless vows to defend the earth from the alien invaders.
He is a hard-cursing, chain-smoking misanthrope who formerly worked on a children's television programme.