jaded

adjective

jad·​ed ˈjā-dəd 

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

Synonyms

• all in
• aweary [archaic]
• beat
• beaten
• bleary
• burned-out
• burnt-out
• bushed
• dead
• done
• drained
• exhausted
• fatigued
• knackered [British]
• limp
• logy
• loggy
• played out
• pooped [slang]
• prostrate
• spent
• tapped out
• tired
• tuckered (out)
• washed-out
• wearied
• weary
• wiped out
• worn
• worn-out

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Sharp Objects, Trainwreck, Top Five, Thank You for Smoking, and even a jaded Rory Gilmore in Netflix’s 2016 Gilmore Girls revival are just a few prominent 21st century examples. —TIME, 14 Mar. 2024

Riseborough belies Alice’s jaded smirk with eyes that seem perpetually on the verge of flooding with tears. —Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024

Word History

Etymology

see jade entry 3

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1