1
: feeling or showing a lack of interest or excitement that is caused by having done or experienced too much of something
… jaded celebrities who have seen it all and then some …—
Daphne Merkin
Daphne Merkina jaded attitude
2
: fatigued by overwork : exhausted
… a weary actor jaded by the performance of a difficult part.—Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
jadedly
adverb
If there is a theme to these shows—with their world-weary kids and less-than-super heroes—it's casting a jadedly funny grown-up eye on the memories and characters of childhood.
—James Poniewozik
James Poniewozik
jadedness
noun
Examples of jaded in a Sentence
Oh, yes, mate, they're all jaded here now—their last gasps of innocence sucked out of them by Olympic pharaohs who at first played a blatant game of bait-and-switch with Games tickets, furtively putting aside vast quantities of the best seats to sell to fat cats at higher prices.
—Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated, 11 Sept. 2000
I'm jaded with the pulls on me that I can't answer to.
—Robert Frost, letter, 12 Aug. 1924
He became jaded from years of work as a police officer.
a public jaded by political scandals
Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated, 11 Sept. 2000
I'm jaded with the pulls on me that I can't answer to.
—Robert Frost, letter, 12 Aug. 1924
He became jaded from years of work as a police officer.
a public jaded by political scandals
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Season 2 follows two couples on a path of mutual destruction, one older and jaded and one young and naive.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 17 June 2026
In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO (Billy Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 June 2026
That changed rapidly as Argentina flew out of the traps and picked apart their jaded opponents, going 2-0 up after 36 minutes, with the first goal a Messi penalty.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 5 June 2026
While multiple sequels and spinoffs have spawned in the years since, nothing matches The Conjuring in providing genuine, classic horror for an era of jaded moviegoers.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 17 June 2026
In a world of jaded billionaires, psychiatrist-gurus, bio-hacked tech bros, AI labs and disillusioned teens being optimized in elite private schools, an audacious data-mining CEO (Billy Magnussen) strives to turn insight and influence into profit and power.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 16 June 2026
That changed rapidly as Argentina flew out of the traps and picked apart their jaded opponents, going 2-0 up after 36 minutes, with the first goal a Messi penalty.
—Will Jeanes, New York Times, 5 June 2026
While multiple sequels and spinoffs have spawned in the years since, nothing matches The Conjuring in providing genuine, classic horror for an era of jaded moviegoers.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for jaded
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“Jaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaded. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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