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jaundiced

/ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪst/

jaundiced adjective: affected with jaundice. Also the simple past and past participle of jaundice.

Adjective

jaundiced (comparative more jaundiced, superlative most jaundiced)

  1. Affected with jaundice.
    • Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects yellow.1640, Joseph Hall, Episcopacy by Divine Right
    • Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes.2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point, →ISBN, page 72
  2. (figuratively) Prejudiced; envious.
    • a jaundiced judgment
    • Mr. George Lawrence, C.M.G., First Class District Officer of His Majesty's Civil Service, sat at the door of his tent and viewed the African desert scene with the eye of extreme disfavour. [...] The eye was jaundiced, thanks to the heat and foul dust of Bornu, to malaria, dysentery, inferior food...1924 October, Percival Christopher Wren, “Of the Strange Events at Zinderneuf”, in Beau Geste, London: John Murray, →OCLC; republished London: John Murray, […], February 1928, →OCLC, part I (Major...

Also used as

jaundiced is also the simple past and past participle of jaundice.

Examples of jaundiced in a sentence

  • Although Professor Davidson took a very jaundiced view of the Neptune probe, it had already been approved and he saw no point in sending more good money after bad.1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama:
  • If we have experienced a hostile world in childhood, we will continue to view almost everyone with a jaundiced eye and react to them according to our perception.2003, Simon S. Godfrey, The Nature of Man and God: A New Look, Trafford Publishing, page 186:

All 11 example sentences with jaundiced

Forms of jaundiced

comparativemore jaundiced
superlativemost jaundiced

Origin of jaundiced

From jaundice + -ed.

Words formed from jaundiced

Questions about jaundiced

What does jaundiced mean?
Jaundiced means affected with jaundice.
How do you use jaundiced in a sentence?
Although Professor Davidson took a very jaundiced view of the Neptune probe, it had already been approved and he saw no point in sending more good money after bad.
What part of speech is jaundiced?
Jaundiced is an adjective.
How do you pronounce jaundiced?
Jaundiced is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪst/.

Words near jaundiced in the dictionary

  1. jaundered
  2. jaundering
  3. jaunders
  4. jaundice
  5. jaundice root
  6. jaundiced
  7. jaundices
  8. jaundicing
  9. jaundies
  10. Jaunpur
  11. Jaunpuri

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