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
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.
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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
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
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He’s grown a bit jaded, having lived under constant menace for some time now.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Their take on the character was not a newcomer to heroics, but a jaded, world-weary figure in his mid-40s.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Consider Mickey 17 as merely a jaded version of Adam Sandler’s Spaceman, an existential sci-fi drama, which couldn’t reach kids who are no longer taught Kafka.
—Armond White, National Review, 12 Mar. 2025
The declining judge is horrified by all this and takes him on, but a jaded staff basically just tries to keep order rather than taking Crealy’s behavior seriously.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
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Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Their take on the character was not a newcomer to heroics, but a jaded, world-weary figure in his mid-40s.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 25 Mar. 2025
Consider Mickey 17 as merely a jaded version of Adam Sandler’s Spaceman, an existential sci-fi drama, which couldn’t reach kids who are no longer taught Kafka.
—Armond White, National Review, 12 Mar. 2025
The declining judge is horrified by all this and takes him on, but a jaded staff basically just tries to keep order rather than taking Crealy’s behavior seriously.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Jaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaded. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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