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
Recent Examples on the Web 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 Little wonder that the American public has a more jaded view of conditions than the administration. Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 Tossing and turning is a familiar sleep pattern for Gayle, who is feeling more jaded than well-rested these days. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023 The Indian film is a magical realist drama in which a genderless woodland being crashes into the lives of a jaded couple. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024 While multiple sequels and spin-offs have spawned in the years since, nothing matches The Conjuring in providing genuine, classic horror for an era of jaded moviegoers. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 27 Nov. 2023 At this point, though, some of us more jaded types are ready to at least try to forget. Ethan Iverson, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024 Lane plays Noodle, a precocious but jaded orphan who teams up with the idealistic Willy to make magic (and chocolate, of course). Katcy Stephan, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023 People lie, certainly, but everyone is a little too jaded to keep up the pretense once the other has guessed the truth. Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2023

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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 19 Mar. 2024.

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