First Known Use: 1600
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jaded
adjective jad·ed \ˈjā-dəd\
: feeling or showing a lack of interest and excitement caused by having done or experienced too much of something
Full Definition of JADED
1
: fatigued by overwork : exhausted
2
: made dull, apathetic, or cynical by experience or by surfeit <jaded network viewers> <jaded voters>
— jad·ed·ly adverb
— jad·ed·ness noun
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Examples of JADED
- 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 Sep. 2000
- I'm jaded with the pulls on me that I can't answer to. I've made up my mind that with a few people to abet me I won't do one single thing in verse or out of it or with it till I God damn please for the rest of my natural life. —Robert Frost, letter, 12 Aug. 1924
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Origin of JADED
(see 1jade)
Related to JADED
- Synonyms
- all in, aweary [archaic], beat, beaten, bleary, burned-out (or burnt-out), bushed, dead, done, done in, drained, exhausted, fatigued, weary, knackered [British], limp, logy (also loggy), played out, pooped [slang], prostrate, spent, tapped out, tired, tuckered (out), washed-out, wearied, wiped out, worn, worn-out
- Antonyms
- unwearied
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