Jaded
['dʒeɪdɪd] or ['dʒedɪd]
Definition
(adj.) dulled by surfeit; 'the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes' .
(adj.) exhausted; 'my father's words had left me jaded and depressed'- William Styron .
Checker: Lyman--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Jade
Typist: Louis
Examples
- There was a jaded aspect on the business lanes and courts, and the very pavements had a weary appearance, confused by the tread of a million of feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This was the party from which Little Dorrit went home, jaded, in the first grey mist of a rainy morning. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He thought it would be useless to pursue with jaded horses a well-mounted party with so much of a start. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Weary, jaded, and spiritless, Eliza dragged herself up to the door, with her child lying in a heavy sleep on her arm. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He had a jaded anxious look upon him, and his hand, usually steady, trembled in hers. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- His horses, of course, were jaded and many of them had lost their shoes. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I would undertake to sit you out yet: leave us both here till morning, and we should see which would look the most jaded by sunrise. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I had had a hard day's work, and was pretty well jaded when I came climbing out, at last, upon the level of Blackheath. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Louis