jaded

adj — 3 senses

jaded

adj

/ˈd͡ʒeɪdɪd/

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

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 stranded us at the Magenruhe Hotel on the Sneejoch.1927 September, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Little Mother up the Möderberg”, in The Short Stories of H. G. Wells, London: Ernest Benn Limited […], →OCLC, page 641:
  • But now I am jaded / You're out of luck / I'm rolling down the stairs / Too drunk to fuck1981, “Too Drunk to Fuck”, performed by Dead Kennedys:
2

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

3

Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience.

Derived terms
jadedly, jadedness, nonjaded, overjaded, unjaded

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