jaded

adjective

jad·​ed ˈjā-dəd 

1

: fatigued by overwork : exhausted

a jaded horse

2

: 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

Synonyms

• all in
• aweary [archaic]
• beat
• beaten
• bleary
• burned-out
• burnt-out
• bushed
• dead
• done
• drained
• exhausted
• fatigued
• knackered [British]
• limp
• logy
• loggy
• played out
• pooped [slang]
• prostrate
• spent
• tapped out
• tired
• tuckered (out)
• washed-out
• wearied
• weary
• wiped out
• worn
• worn-out

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

To have passion and not become bitter and not become jaded. —Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024

Cynicism: Over time, employees may become jaded and dismissive of corporate communications, assuming that positive-sounding phrases are masking negative realities. —Roberta Matuson, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024

But where Succession is fundamentally a family saga about the jaded rich, Industry focuses on fresh converts to the savagery and excesses of the business world. —Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024

The obvious and immediate question is where a country so jaded and so sharply divided against itself goes from here. —Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2024

Word History

Etymology

see jade entry 3

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1