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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The bold claims crossing her desk would be enough to make many people a bit jaded.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
While the angel gets a little jaded having to work a kitchen job and develops a smoking habit, there are moments of sheer joy as Gabriel hits a dance floor and bites into a juicy burger for the first time.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Given the role that Wall Street’s élite played in inflating and promoting the bubble, this is either a generous view or a jaded commentary on the fallen nature of mankind.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Because life—even for us jaded adults—should be for the seizing, not for hesitating in the face of fear.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 9 Oct. 2025
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Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
While the angel gets a little jaded having to work a kitchen job and develops a smoking habit, there are moments of sheer joy as Gabriel hits a dance floor and bites into a juicy burger for the first time.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
Given the role that Wall Street’s élite played in inflating and promoting the bubble, this is either a generous view or a jaded commentary on the fallen nature of mankind.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Because life—even for us jaded adults—should be for the seizing, not for hesitating in the face of fear.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 9 Oct. 2025
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 5 Nov. 2025.
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