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jaded

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jad·ed  (jdd)
adj.
1. Worn out; wearied: "My father's words had left me jaded and depressed" William Styron.
2. Dulled by surfeit; sated: "the sickeningly sweet life of the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes" John Simon.
3. Cynically or pretentiously callous.

jaded·ly adv.
jaded·ness n.

jaded
Adjective
tired or bored from overindulgence or overwork
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Adj.1.jaded - exhausted; "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron
tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"
2.jaded - dulled by surfeit; "the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes"
satiate, satiated - supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction

jaded
adjective 1. tired, bored, weary, worn out, done in (informal) clapped out Brit., Austral., N.Z. (informal) spent, drained, exhausted, shattered, dulled, fatigued, fed up, wearied, fagged (out) (informal) sapped, uninterested, listless, tired-out, enervated, zonked (slang) over-tired, ennuied, hoha N.Z. << OPPOSITE fresh
Translations
Spanish jaded [ˈdʒeɪdɪd] adj (= tired) → cansado (= fed up); hastiado
French jaded [ˈdʒeɪdɪd] adjéreinté(e)fatigué(e)
German jaded [ˈdʒeɪdɪd] adjabgespannt;
to get jaded → die Nase vollhaben

Italian jaded [ˈdʒeɪdɪd] adjsfinito/a, spossato/a

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Long before the time during which we will know him, he was a doctor and drove a jaded white horse from house to house through the streets of Winesburg.
The stronger men will be in front, the jaded ones will fall behind, and on this plan only one-tenth of your army will reach its destination.
The hounds of that ardent young sportsman Rostov had not merely reached hard winter condition, but were so jaded that at a meeting of the huntsmen it was decided to give them a three days' rest and then, on the sixteenth of September, to go on a distant expedition, starting from the oak grove where there was an undisturbed litter of wolf cubs.
 
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