jaded

adjective

jad·​ed ˈjā-dəd How to pronounce jaded (audio)
1
: fatigued by overwork : exhausted
a jaded horse
2
: made dull, apathetic, or cynical by experience or by having or seeing too much of something
jaded network viewers
jaded voters
jadedly adverb
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
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After his jaded ex (Donzelli) moves to Canada with their two near-adult children in tow, Paul is forced to give up the comfortable family apartment for a crummy studio loaned by a family friend. Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2025 Bleary-eyed bankers, jaded journalists, and start-up founders, all one pivot away from a meltdown, clutched paper cups like life rafts. Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025 Refn agrees that the soul of artistry in a commercial world rest in the hands of younger audiences who, despite having exponentially more distractions and forms of media to consume, aren’t yet jaded. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025 Hauser’s jaded ranch foreman Rip, who first came to John Dutton as a young boy on the run after killing his stepfather to protect his mother, learned how to be a cowboy from John, who treated him like a son. Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jaded

Word History

Etymology

see jade entry 3

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of jaded was in 1600

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“Jaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaded. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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