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jaded

/ˈd͡ʒeɪdɪd/

jaded adjective: bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been overexposed to, or having consumed too much of something. Also the simple past and past participle of jade.

Adjective

jaded (comparative more jaded, superlative most jaded)

  1. Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been overexposed to, or having consumed too much of something.
    • When she came, I could see at a glance she was tired and jaded and worried, and so, instead of letting her fret about in the hotel and get into a wearing tangle of gossip, I packed her and two knapsacks up, and started off on a long, refreshing, easy-going walk northward, until a blister on her...1927 September, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Little Mother up the Möderberg”, in The Short Stories of H. G. Wells, London: Ernest Benn Limited […], →OCLC, page 641
    • But now I am jaded / You're out of luck / I'm rolling down the stairs / Too drunk to fuck1981, “Too Drunk to Fuck”, performed by Dead Kennedys
  2. Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.
  3. Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience.
    Synonyms:
    blasé, world-weary
  4. Embittered, disillusioned, emotionally worn down by disappointment
    Synonyms:
    cynical

Also used as

jaded is also the simple past and past participle of jade.

jaded meaning in Arabic

jaded in Arabic

Worn out, wearied, or lacking enthusiasm; exhausted
مُنْهَك munhak

Examples of jaded in a sentence

  • At the time I was a wide-eyed freshman, but I was soon to grow jaded and cynical.
  • But Boyle and his four musketeers give it just the right frantic, jaded energy and manic anxiety.
  • The club was a haven for enclavers jaded by ordinary reality.

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Synonyms of jaded

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Forms of jaded

comparativemore jaded
superlativemost jaded

Origin of jaded

From jade (“worn-out horse”), possibly from Old Norse jalda (“mare”). Jade as a term of abuse for a woman dates from 1560.

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Questions about jaded

What does jaded mean?
Jaded means bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been overexposed to, or having consumed too much of something.
What is jaded in Arabic?
Jaded in Arabic is مُنْهَك (munhak). See Jaded meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is jaded?
Jaded is an adjective.
How do you pronounce jaded?
Jaded is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒeɪdɪd/.

Words near jaded in the dictionary

  1. jade stalk
  2. jade stalks
  3. jade vine
  4. jade vines
  5. jade-stone
  6. jaded
  7. jadedly
  8. jadedness
  9. jadeite
  10. jadeites
  11. jadeitic

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