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单词 jaded
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Definition of jaded in English:

jaded

adjective ˈdʒeɪdɪdˈdʒeɪdəd
  • 1Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something.

    meals to tempt the most jaded appetites
    Example sentencesExamples
    • While at first glance brittle Callie is a somewhat tired stereotype of the jaded New Yorker, she's easy to warm up to.
    • But I think even the most jaded among us will be impressed with what Andree Cazabon has done.
    • The account reminds the reader that even a smirking, jaded loafer can be profoundly affected by tragedy.
    • The fireworks may awaken the increasingly jaded viewer from his slumbers but invariably fail to unpick a single assumption.
    • Mirrors reflect burnished silver candelabras, enhancing the pleasure of jaded diners who've tasted it all.
    • He is a jaded actor, past his prime and shooting an absurd commercial for Suntori Whiskey, for which he despises himself.
    • The proper parents of today's jaded kids have their own problems with the circus.
    • Now, he says, we are all so jaded that we are almost unshockable.
    • I am so jaded by the whole process that I assume that things will basically work exactly the same as before, with a load of new acronyms.
    • We all feel jaded and long for time to escape and revitalise. I'm consoled with the thought of leaving.
    • In the meantime, what does the man forever jaded against television have to look forward to?
    • Can anyone reassure me I'm being unpleasantly jaded and cynical… or has it crossed other minds?
    • If you live for your online friends, you're never going to live in the real world and that will leave you jaded and unhappy.
    • She is restless, seriously jaded and weary of the word processor.
    • Honestly, if you're too jaded to enjoy being a rock star, you're just too jaded to live.
    • I confess to have become so jaded as to find the practice rather tedious.
    • Spectacle is the best word to describe the show; as it would enthuse the most jaded sybarite.
    • I left the theatre, not raging at a failed masterpiece, but merely feeling a little jaded and nonplussed.
    • It's no great shakes when an old guy feels a bit tired and jaded, and unable to function as a poet for a while.
    • His World Cup exertions have perhaps left him more mentally jaded than straining physically.
    Synonyms
    satiated, sated, surfeited, glutted, cloyed, gorged
    dulled, blunted, deadened, benumbed
    1. 1.1Irish informal Physically tired; exhausted.
      I have to work tonight and I don't want to become totally jaded before I even get there
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Celtic soon lost their impetus and had the look of a jaded team.
      • Since it has aired I have been on tour and I am well jaded from it all.
      • The usually quicksilver striker is looking jaded and he had three opportunities to put Dundee ahead before Hibs took the lead.
      • And she needs to ensure her second run around the course does not become tired and jaded - for us.
      • The wind and hail arrived with ten minutes left and the visitors looked tired and jaded.
      Synonyms
      tired, weary, tired out, wearied, worn out, exhausted, fatigued, overtired, sleepy, drowsy, sapped, dog-tired, spent, drained, jet-lagged, debilitated, prostrate, enervated, low
      informal all in, done (in/up), dead, dead beat, dead tired, dead on one's feet, asleep on one's feet, ready to drop, played out, fagged out, bushed, pooped, worn to a frazzle, shattered, burnt out
      British informal knackered, whacked
      North American informal tuckered out

Derivatives

  • jadedly

  • adverb
    • Feeling less self-conscious he stood up and ambled jadedly towards Finn, placing his hands limply around her shoulders.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But we're not Europeans: we can't simply light up a Gauloise, unfold a copy of our partisan newspaper and jadedly admit that bias is inevitable - c'est la guerre!
      • Slouched forward with her elbow on the armrest and her chin in the palm of her hand, Dove stares out the window jadedly, her expression with its usual mask of reserve.
      • As to the Exhibition itself, he jadedly complained to a friend on 11 July that he felt ‘used up’: ‘I don't say there's nothing in it’ - there's too much…
      • As my ninth presidential inauguration in Washington approaches, perhaps I should be jadedly bemused.
  • jadedness

  • noun
    • Innocence lost, it's an old and boring story, but the way that she dismisses a potential boyfriend as ‘too good for me’ is sad in a 14 year old, who should be a decade away from such jadedness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘I do walk into a lot of professional situations where there's such a quality of jadedness and bitterness, no matter what level I'm at,’ he says.
      • There's the lack of trust, the lack of confidence, the jadedness and cynicism so apparent in most of us today.
      • We have immensities of creativity unknown to previous history, but also the spectre of unparalleled jadedness.
      • They confront the demons that plague their lives - betrayal, suspicion, guilt and loss, hope and fading aspirations - not only with Gary's mordant jadedness, but with plainspoken sincerity.

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense 'disreputable'): from jade2.

 
 

Definition of jaded in US English:

jaded

adjectiveˈjādədˈdʒeɪdəd
  • Tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something.

    meals to tempt the most jaded appetites
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am so jaded by the whole process that I assume that things will basically work exactly the same as before, with a load of new acronyms.
    • Honestly, if you're too jaded to enjoy being a rock star, you're just too jaded to live.
    • Now, he says, we are all so jaded that we are almost unshockable.
    • Can anyone reassure me I'm being unpleasantly jaded and cynical… or has it crossed other minds?
    • If you live for your online friends, you're never going to live in the real world and that will leave you jaded and unhappy.
    • The account reminds the reader that even a smirking, jaded loafer can be profoundly affected by tragedy.
    • His World Cup exertions have perhaps left him more mentally jaded than straining physically.
    • He is a jaded actor, past his prime and shooting an absurd commercial for Suntori Whiskey, for which he despises himself.
    • I confess to have become so jaded as to find the practice rather tedious.
    • We all feel jaded and long for time to escape and revitalise. I'm consoled with the thought of leaving.
    • The fireworks may awaken the increasingly jaded viewer from his slumbers but invariably fail to unpick a single assumption.
    • I left the theatre, not raging at a failed masterpiece, but merely feeling a little jaded and nonplussed.
    • The proper parents of today's jaded kids have their own problems with the circus.
    • Spectacle is the best word to describe the show; as it would enthuse the most jaded sybarite.
    • But I think even the most jaded among us will be impressed with what Andree Cazabon has done.
    • While at first glance brittle Callie is a somewhat tired stereotype of the jaded New Yorker, she's easy to warm up to.
    • Mirrors reflect burnished silver candelabras, enhancing the pleasure of jaded diners who've tasted it all.
    • She is restless, seriously jaded and weary of the word processor.
    • It's no great shakes when an old guy feels a bit tired and jaded, and unable to function as a poet for a while.
    • In the meantime, what does the man forever jaded against television have to look forward to?
    Synonyms
    satiated, sated, surfeited, glutted, cloyed, gorged

Origin

Late 16th century (in the sense ‘disreputable’): from jade.

 
 
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