jade
To fatigue, tire, or wearyTo fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).
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» You sound somewhat jaded.
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3 senses(transitive)To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).
утомля́тьutomljátʹ
(obsolete, transitive)To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.
(obsolete, transitive)To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous.
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
Examples
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Origin
From Middle English jade, chade, either a variant of yaud or merely influenced by it. YaudFrom Middle English jade, chade, either a variant of yaud or merely influenced by it. Yaud derives from Old Norse jalda (“mare”), from a Uralic language, such as Moksha эльде (elde) or Erzya эльде (elde). See yaud for more.
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Forms
jades, jading, jaded, jadedSynonyms
20 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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