1
: feeling or showing a lack of interest or excitement that is caused by having done or experienced too much of something
… jaded celebrities who have seen it all and then some …—
Daphne Merkin
Daphne Merkina jaded attitude
2
: fatigued by overwork : exhausted
… a weary actor jaded by the performance of a difficult part.—Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
jadedly
adverb
If there is a theme to these shows—with their world-weary kids and less-than-super heroes—it's casting a jadedly funny grown-up eye on the memories and characters of childhood.
—James Poniewozik
James Poniewozik
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.
—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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The same jaded bartender who rolls his eyes at your request for a copper Moscow mule mug will not only accept but insist on a traditional pewter cup for your mint julep.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
So have all these old prejudices against women made young employees more jaded about the benefits of getting promoted?
—Glamour, 24 Apr. 2026
At a time of kleptocratic governance and corporate oligarchy, Tolentino and Piker resort to a game of jaded whataboutism.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
The characters revolve around a jaded Los Angeles.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2026
So have all these old prejudices against women made young employees more jaded about the benefits of getting promoted?
—Glamour, 24 Apr. 2026
At a time of kleptocratic governance and corporate oligarchy, Tolentino and Piker resort to a game of jaded whataboutism.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
The characters revolve around a jaded Los Angeles.
—Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
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