jaded

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jaded

  • /ˈd͡ʒeɪdɪd/

Rhymes with -eɪdɪd

Where it comes from

From jade (“worn-out horse”), possibly from Old Norse jalda (“mare”). Jade as a term of abuse for a woman dates from 1560.

adjective more jaded · most jaded

  1. Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been overexposed to, or having consumed too much of something. When she came, I could see at a glance she was tired and jaded and worried, and so, instead of letting her fret about in the hotel and get into a wearing tangle of gossip, I packed her and two knapsacks up, and started off on a long, refreshing, easy-going walk northward, until a blister on her foot

    Similar: cloyed, gorged, glutted, satiated, sated, surfeited, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf

  2. Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.

    Similar: exhausted, fatigued, wearied, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out, spent, wrecked, drained

  3. Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience.

    Similar: blasé, world-weary

  4. Embittered, disillusioned, emotionally worn down by disappointment

    Similar: cynical

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of jade

Translations

Every language

adj Worn out, wearied, or lacking enthusiasm; exhausted

Españolagotado, harto, hartado
中文厭倦 /厌倦 yànjuàn
Portuguêsesgotado, exausto, desencantado, desestimulado
Françaisépuisé, harassé
Deutschausgelutscht, erschöpft, verbraucht, ermattet
Italianodisincantato, scettico, indifferente, blasé
Românăepuizat
Русскийизнурённый iznurjónnyj, изму́ченный izmúčennyj, обесси́ленный obessílennyj
العربيةمُنْهَك munhak
עבריתשחוק, עייף

adj Cynically insensitive; made callous by experience

Españolhastiado, enhastiado, enfastiado
Portuguêscínico, calejado
Françaisblasé, désabusé
Deutschabgestumpft
Русскийпресы́тившийся presýtivšijsja, пресы́щенный presýščennyj

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@misc{jaded_2026,
  title = {jaded},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jaded},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}