Word Of The Week (WOW #16)

Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week. WOWIf you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.

Here’s this week’s WOW:

JadedWord:

Jaded

Part Of Speech:

jaded: adjective

jadedly: adverb

jadedness: noun

Pronunciation

jey-did |  /ˈdʒeɪdɪd/

MEANING: 

Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something

Irish (informal): physically tired; exhausted

Synonyms:

Sated, surfeited, cloyed, glutted, gorged, deadened, benumbed.

Tired, weary, exhausted, worn out.

Antonyms:

Fresh

Word Origin: 

late 16th century (in the sense ‘disreputable’): from jade2.

Use In Sentence: 

There are soups exotic enough for the most jaded palate.

She didn’t know if he’d welcome the gift or if his recent ordeal left him more jaded toward his past.
After being on an airplane for nearly twenty-four hours, Henry is a bit jaded and never wants to travel again.
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I hope you guys like this word and hope it’s useful to you in some or the other way! If you want to check out more words like this, then visit my page:

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