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jaded

Meaning

Feeling weary and disenchanted due to an excess of experience or exposure.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

After years of bad dates, she felt completely jaded. Every new person seemed like a repeat of the last, and she'd lost all hope of finding someone special. The constant disappointment had worn her down.

After weeks cataloging antique taxidermied squirrels from forgotten circuses, the curator felt utterly jaded. Another dusty pheasant with glass eyes just didn't spark joy anymore. It was all just feathers and faded fur after so many.

After years of sifting through obscure geological data, Maria felt utterly jaded. Each new rock sample, no matter how unique its crystal structure, seemed to offer only more of the same weariness. The thrill was gone, replaced by a dull ache of knowing too much.

After tasting every flavor of ice cream at the buffet, Bob felt utterly jaded. He just couldn't bring himself to care about another scoop, even the fancy sparkly kind. His taste buds had seen it all, and frankly, they were over it.

Barnaby the badger, after tasting every single dropped cruller within a ten-mile radius, had become utterly jaded. He’d seen it all: the sprinkle-coated despair, the glazed-over disappointment. Now, even a perfectly glazed donut just made him sigh.

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

After years of watching politicians break promises, she felt jaded. Every new speech, every grand plan, just sounded like more of the same empty words. She'd seen it all before and wasn't expecting anything different this time around.

After witnessing countless pixelated battles and hearing the same triumphant fanfare a thousand times, the veteran e-sports commentator felt utterly jaded. The thrill of a clutch play was gone, replaced by a weary sigh. He’d seen it all, and nothing surprised him anymore.

After weeks of sifting through ancient, coded parchment, the archivist felt utterly jaded. Every cryptic symbol, every faded ink blot, seemed to mock her with its familiarity. The thrill of discovery had long since evaporated, leaving only a weary, intellectual fatigue.

After a week of questionable reality TV binges, Sarah felt utterly jaded, convinced no amount of cat videos could ever again spark joy. She’d seen it all, from dramatic proposals to questionable home renovations, leaving her feeling weary and disenchanted with the digital world.

After attending his 78th consecutive competitive cat-grooming competition, Bartholomew felt utterly jaded. The sheer volume of fluff and glitter had dulled his senses, leaving him weary of tiny bows and artisanal paw balm. He just wanted a quiet nap, far from the scent of lavender shampoo.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

After years of witnessing similar corporate schemes, the seasoned investigator felt completely jaded. Each new case, regardless of its supposed originality, struck him as just another variation on a tired theme, draining his enthusiasm and his belief in genuine change.

After years of navigating the intricate social strata of competitive artisanal sourdough bakers, she’d become utterly jaded. The endless parade of sourdough starter origins and hydration percentage debates felt hollow, each new proclaimed "revolutionary" technique just another stale, predictable routine in a world she’d seen too much of.

After years spent cataloging obscure fungal spores under harsh laboratory lights, Dr. Aris felt utterly jaded. The sheer volume of microscopic life, once a source of wonder, now just represented another tedious entry in a never-ending database, each specimen indistinguishable from the last.

Having sampled every artisanal pickle imaginable, Bartholomew felt utterly jaded, the brine a familiar taunt rather than a thrilling adventure. He'd encountered enough fermented cucumbers to last ten lifetimes, and frankly, the world of pungent preserved vegetables no longer held any mystique.

Having witnessed one too many glitter-bomb explosions during the annual Synchronized Llama Grooming Championships, Bartholomew felt utterly jaded. He'd seen it all: the rogue llama stampedes, the judges inexplicably wearing colanders, the elaborate hoof-painting scandals. This year, he just wanted to sip his lukewarm, beige-colored beverage in peace.

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

After years of scrutinizing hollow pronouncements and witnessing predictable betrayals, his initial idealism had curdled into a profoundly jaded perspective. Every grand promise now felt like a tired refrain, and he found himself utterly devoid of any lingering enthusiasm for the political theater unfolding before him.

The grizzled archivist, having cataloged millennia of esoteric texts, felt utterly jaded. Another illuminated manuscript detailing the inevitable entropy of cosmic dust held no wonder, only a weariness of having seen it all before, a profound disenchantment with the cyclical nature of universal collapse.

Years spent cataloging obscure fungal spores in the Arctic tundra left Dr. Anya Sharma feeling quite jaded. The monotonous gray lichen and the frigid winds no longer inspired awe, just a profound weariness from her prolonged, monotonous immersion in the frigid, microbial landscape.

After a decade of artisanal pickle tastings, Bartholomew felt utterly jaded, the subtle nuances of brine no longer inspiring his connoisseur's palate. Even the most esoteric fermented cucumber varieties elicited only a desultory shrug from the once-zealous gourmand, his spirit undeniably weary from the sheer glut of fermented cucurbits.

Having survived the annual Intergalactic Gourd Growing Gala for the tenth time, Bartholomew felt utterly jaded. The saccharine pronouncements of the Grand Arborist, the insipid cerulean luminescence of prize-winning squashes, and the incessant, rebarbative yammering of nebulae-dwelling gourmands had extinguished any flicker of nascent enthusiasm for his once-cherished hobby.

Difficulty

Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.

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