jaded

[jey-did]

adjective

1. dulled or satiated by overindulgence.

   a jaded appetite.

2. worn out or wearied, as by overwork or overuse.

3. dissipated.

   a jaded reprobate.

jaded

/ ˈdʒeɪdɪd /

adjective

1. exhausted or dissipated

2. satiated

Other Word Forms

• jadedness noun
• jadedly adverb
• unjaded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of jaded¹

First recorded in 1585–95; jade ² + -ed ²

Example Sentences

“It was raw emotion without any tricks, without any wordplay, without any of the stuff that I’d been so jaded by in the industry.”

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“This kid is real. He’s not jaded or tainted by anything yet. And to Netflix’s credit, they took a chance on him.”

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While it doesn’t share that series’ satiric humor, it is a solid mystery-thriller that Thompson’s jaded Zoë Boehm and Wilson’s tremulous but tough Sarah Tucker lift into the revelatory.

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It doesn’t take much to transform a room of jaded strangers into a representative slice of compassionate humanity.

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Both as actor and character — jaded, cynical, satisfied — he’s the series’ sane old pro, who will instruct Noa in the art of taking a cigarette break without a cigarette.

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Related Words

• bored 
• tired 
• weary