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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There will also be historic Trans Am racing, a Celebrity Pro-Am race featuring legends like Jeff Gordon and Kyle Petty, and enough motorsport action to make even the most jaded car enthusiast grin like a kid in a candy store.
—Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
So the jaded part of me as an almost 33-year-old woman with a lot of heartbreak in my past was like, There’s just no way that this is real.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2025
In the film, Leo, described as a mute young orphan girl with a world of thoughts inside her, and Lou, a jaded, middle-aged nihilist, take a journey together.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
He’s grown a bit jaded, having lived under constant menace for some time now.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
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Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
So the jaded part of me as an almost 33-year-old woman with a lot of heartbreak in my past was like, There’s just no way that this is real.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2025
In the film, Leo, described as a mute young orphan girl with a world of thoughts inside her, and Lou, a jaded, middle-aged nihilist, take a journey together.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
He’s grown a bit jaded, having lived under constant menace for some time now.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Jaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jaded. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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