Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jaded

/ˈd͡ʒeɪdɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: jad-ed
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒeɪdɪd/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been overexposed to, or having consumed too much of something.

adj

Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.

adj

Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience.

adj

Embittered, disillusioned, emotionally worn down by disappointment

verb

simple past and past participle of jade

Example Sentences

"When she came, I could see at a glance she was tired and jaded and worried, and so, instead of letting her fret about in the hotel and get into a wearing tangle of gossip, I packed her and two knapsacks up, and started off on a long, refreshing, easy-going walk northward, until a blister on her foot stranded us at the Magenruhe Hotel on the Sneejoch."
"But now I am jaded / You're out of luck / I'm rolling down the stairs / Too drunk to fuck"

Etymology

From jade (“worn-out horse”), possibly from Old Norse jalda (“mare”). Jade as a term of abuse for a woman dates from 1560.

Origin

Source language: Old Norse

Word Breakdown

Root: jalda

Inflected Forms

more jaded (comparative) most jaded (superlative)

Derived Forms

jadedly jadedness nonjaded overjaded unjaded

Synonyms

cloyed gorged glutted satiated sated surfeited adiaphroistic apathetic apathistical blasé blithe deaf

Rhymes With

aided invaded faded graded degraded downgraded traded raided shaded braided bladed waded

Questions

How do you pronounce jaded?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒeɪdɪd/.
What does jaded mean?: Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been overexposed to, or having consumed too much of something.
Where does jaded come from?: It is traced to Old Norse.

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