jaundiced

[ jawn-dist, jahn- ]

adjective

affected with or colored by or as if by jaundice: jaundiced skin.
affected with or exhibiting prejudice, as from envy or resentment: a jaundiced viewpoint.

Origin of jaundiced

First recorded in 1630–40; jaundice + -ed³

2	resentful, envious, jealous, embittered

On the surface, the material’s jaundiced view of human nature seems perfect for him.
Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth Is a Stunning, Stark Shakespeare Adaptation | Stephanie Zacharek | December 25, 2021 | Time
As we talked I looked at three babies, their skin a jaundiced yellow, in a single incubator.
Power Shortages Hit Gaza Maternity Ward | Jesse Rosenfeld | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
jaundiced, splotchy skin subs for a full coat of green face paint.
Dane DeHaan’s Green Goblin Is the Best Thing About ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ | Kevin Fallon | May 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
So I'd like to see the same jaundiced eye that gets applied to food truck regulations also applied to the federal government.
Federal Regulations Kill Innovation Too | Megan McArdle | February 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
His skin tone is made to look nearly jaundiced, contrasting with his pale, plump lips.
Javier Bardem on Playing James Bond’s Latest Villain in ‘Skyfall’ | Kevin Fallon | November 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

Perhaps, too, the public remains less cynical about the possibility of “hope and change” than more jaundiced historians.
The Presidential Perception Gap | Doug Schoen, Jessica Tarlov | September 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
But he viewed the whole of this reign, and of those that ensued, with the jaundiced eye of Jacobitism.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3) | Henry Hallam
There is a solid substratum of truth in the old saying, Looking at the world through jaundiced eyes.
Nervous Breakdowns and How to Avoid Them | Charles David Musgrove
I carried my sack on my back to the hotel, looking with a jaundiced eye on the lethargic traffic of the harbour front.
Sea and Sardinia | D. H. Lawrence
I found he had gone on in his usual intemperate life, his countenance jaundiced, and the dropsy coming on apace.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses | William Withering
At the morning visit I found him greatly disturbed and jaundiced all over his body.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume III (of 3) | Alexander Wheelock Thayer

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