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

The season 2 finale jumped ahead in time to reveal the jaded journalist’s book (called, natch, Interview With the Vampire) was a commercial success but critically panned … but Daniel no longer cared. —EW.com, 4 Dec. 2024

Law stars as a jaded FBI agent alongside Sheridan as an eager young police detective, who are on the tail of the gang, and Mathews, played by Hoult. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024

Zoe Saldaña as Rita, a jaded defense attorney for white-collar criminals, is writing her closing argument, asking the jury to exonerate her client, a corrupt bureaucrat accused of pushing his wife off a balcony. —Paula Aceves, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024

Even the most jaded executives get excited about new technologies. —Fred Swaniker, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

see jade entry 3

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1