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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. exhausted;
- Example: "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron
[syn: jaded, wearied]

2. dulled by surfeit;
- Example: "the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jade \Jade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Jading.] [1913 Webster] 1. To treat like a jade; to spurn. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To make ridiculous and contemptible. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I do now fool myself, to let imagination jade me. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire, make dull, or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass. [1913 Webster] The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, . . . checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after. --Locke. Syn: To fatigue; tire; weary; harass. Usage: To Jade, Fatigue, Tire, Weary. Fatigue is the generic term; tire denotes fatigue which wastes the strength; weary implies that a person is worn out by exertion; jade refers to the weariness created by a long and steady repetition of the same act or effort. A little exertion will tire a child or a weak person; a severe or protracted task wearies equally the body and the mind; the most powerful horse becomes jaded on a long journey by a continual straining of the same muscles. Wearied with labor of body or mind; tired of work, tired out by importunities; jaded by incessant attention to business. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

jaded \jaded\ adj. 1. dulled by surfeit; as, the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes. [WordNet 1.5] 2. fatigued due to excess effort. Syn: wearied. [WordNet 1.5] my father's words had left me jaded and depressed --William Styron [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

jaded adj 1: exhausted; "my father's words had left me jaded and depressed"- William Styron [syn: jaded, wearied] 2: dulled by surfeit; "the amoral, jaded, bored upper classes"