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

Khamenei and Russian President Vladimir Putin share the same jaded view of the West, and Russia’s war in Ukraine has brought into sharper focus Tehran’s and Moscow’s common grudge against the United States. —Vali Nasr, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2023

Street style may be one of those fashion terms that are met with a touch of sarcasm and eye rolling from jaded fashion insiders. —Alex Badia, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019

But on Monday, June 3, a federal appeals court’s decision to block a grant program for Black female entrepreneurs in Georgia was a level even the most jaded among us are not accustomed to. —Aisha Nyandoro, TIME, 5 June 2024

While multiple sequels and spinoffs have spawned in the years since, nothing matches The Conjuring in providing genuine, classic horror for an era of jaded moviegoers. —Katie Rife, EW.com, 31 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

see jade entry 3

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1