jaded

adjective

jad·ed ˈjā-dəd

Synonyms of jaded next

: fatigued by overwork : exhausted

a jaded horse

: made dull, apathetic, or cynical by experience or by having or seeing too much of something

jaded network viewers

jaded voters

jadedly adverb

jadedness noun

Examples of jaded in a Sentence

Oh, yes, mate, they're all jaded here now—their last gasps of innocence sucked out of them by Olympic pharaohs who at first played a blatant game of bait-and-switch with Games tickets, furtively putting aside vast quantities of the best seats to sell to fat cats at higher prices. —

Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated, 11 Sept. 2000

I'm jaded with the pulls on me that I can't answer to. —

Robert Frost, letter, 12 Aug. 1924

He became jaded from years of work as a police officer. a public jaded by political scandals

Recent Examples on the Web The characters’ personalities and motivations seem to shift with the needs of the plot, so that Nell wavers between jaded and naïve from episode to episode, or Thomas spills a deeply personal secret to Rasselas for no apparent reason. —

Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2024 Ratatouille is brilliantly paced and stuffed to the brim with enough levity and pathos to satiate the most jaded film critic. —

Devin Nealy, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for jaded

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'jaded.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.