Vocabulary Word
Word: jaded
Definition: tired or uninterested by surfeit; fatigued; surfeited; worn out; wearied; Ex. jaded appetite
Definition: tired or uninterested by surfeit; fatigued; surfeited; worn out; wearied; Ex. jaded appetite
Sentences Containing 'jaded'
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.
'Yes; and the sense of being unfit for it, or of not having understood it, or of having shown his condition in spite of himself, seems to make him so uneasy, that next day he is worse, and next day worse, and so he becomes jaded and haggard.
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