Meaning & use
jaded
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Meanings
adjectivecomparable
Bored or unimpressed because you have seen or done something many times, so it no longer excites you.
Grammar: Often follows a linking verb: she felt jaded.
Patterns
- jaded by something
- jaded about something
After twenty years of reviewing films, the critic felt jaded.
Jaded travelers barely looked up at the famous view.
He sounded jaded about politics after so many broken promises.
adjectivebefore a noun
Worn out and cynical, especially after disappointment or long, tiring experience.
Grammar: Often before nouns like eye or view: a jaded view.
Patterns
- a jaded view of something
She had a jaded view of the company after three layoffs.
His jaded replies discouraged the new hires.
The jaded old reporter had seen every kind of scandal.
Word forms
| comparative | more jaded |
|---|---|
| superlative | most jaded |
Common combinations
- jaded by
- Voters grew jaded by endless campaign ads.
- jaded view
- He takes a jaded view of promises.
- jaded eye
- Through a jaded eye, every sale looked the same.
- feel jaded
- I felt jaded after the third week of meetings.
- jaded palate
- A jaded palate needs stronger flavors.
- jaded audience
- The jaded audience hardly clapped.
Synonyms and how they differ
- blasé
- Blasé suggests a casual lack of interest, often to seem cool, while jaded implies real weariness from overexposure.
- cynical
- Cynical focuses on distrusting motives, whereas jaded focuses on boredom and lost enthusiasm.
- weary
- Weary only means tired and does not require repeated experience as jaded does.
- world-weary
- World-weary stresses a general tiredness with life and is more literary than jaded.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: jaded or jade?
jaded vs jade
Jade is a green gemstone, and the stone is unrelated to the adjective jaded, which describes weary boredom.
Practice
After years of attending awards shows, the host felt ___ by the red carpet.
Choose one answer.
Jaded means bored from repeated experience. Thrilled, curious, and energized all suggest excitement, which contradicts years of repetition.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “jaded”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.