jaded
pronunciation
How to pronounce jaded in British English:
UK [ˈdʒeɪdɪd]
How to pronounce jaded in American English:
US [ˈdʒedɪd]
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- Adjective:
- exhausted
- dulled by surfeit
Word Origin
- jaded (adj.)
- "bored by continual indulgence," 1630s; past participle adjective from jade (v.).
Example
- 1. Never , says the jaded half of lexington 's brain .
- 2. Would it horrify us or make us jaded ?
- 3. The amoral , jaded , bored upper classes .
- 4. Globalisation is a big word but an old idea , most economists will say , with a jaded air .
- 5. Yet the worry for the powers that be is that voters seem jaded .