jaundiced
/ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
verb
simple past and past participle of jaundice
Example Sentences
- "Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects yellow."
- "Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes."
- "a jaundiced judgment"
- "Mr. George Lawrence, C.M.G., First Class District Officer of His Majesty's Civil Service, sat at the door of his tent and viewed the African desert scene with the eye of extreme disfavour. [...] The eye was jaundiced, thanks to the heat and foul dust of Bornu, to malaria, dysentery, inferior food, poisonous water, and rapid continuous marching in appalling heat."
- "Although Professor Davidson took a very jaundiced view of the Neptune probe, it had already been approved and he saw no point in sending more good money after bad."
- "If we have experienced a hostile world in childhood, we will continue to view almost everyone with a jaundiced eye and react to them according to our perception."
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English jaundis English jaundice English -ed English jaundiced From jaundice + -ed.
Inflected Forms
more jaundiced (comparative)
most jaundiced (superlative)