jaded
Americanadjective
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dulled or satiated by overindulgence.
a jaded appetite.
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worn out or wearied, as by overwork or overuse.
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dissipated.
a jaded reprobate.
adjective
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exhausted or dissipated
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satiated
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of jaded
Explanation
If you've done something so much that it doesn't excite you anymore but just leaves you tired, consider yourself jaded. If someone says you look a little jaded, it just means that you look tired. The history of jaded is not clear, but perhaps it is related to the noun jade, an old term for a worn-out horse. Even if not, picturing a tired old horse may be a nice way to remember that jaded means dulled or tired from too much of something. The word can also mean cynical because of bad experiences with something, like a jaded journalist who doesn't see the person behind the politician.
Vocabulary lists containing jaded
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Example Sentences
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In Prime Video’s “Spider-Noir,” he played Ben Reilly, a hapless and jaded private eye who used to moonlight as a masked vigilante known as the Spider until the love of his life was murdered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Saylor is not an obvious candidate for jaded people to revere.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Our titular heroine is only 13 years old when her escapade begins – a little more mature than most of the director’s protagonists, but still innocent enough not to be jaded.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
One of the best things about working with young people, I’ve found, is that they aren’t jaded.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
For a moment it felt as if her bones had spontaneously reshattered, but the feeling passed and settled into jaded resolve.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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