All 3 Uses of
jaded
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- Stephen remained in the background, depressed more than ever by the darkness and silence of the theatre and by the air it wore of jaded and formal study.†
Chpt 2 *
- The formula which he wrote obediently on the sheet of paper, the coiling and uncoiling calculations of the professor, the spectre-like symbols of force and velocity fascinated and jaded Stephen's mind.†
Chpt 5
- He was alone at the side of the balcony, looking out of jaded eyes at the culture of Dublin in the stalls and at the tawdry scene-cloths and human dolls framed by the garish lamps of the stage.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(jaded) dulled interest due to excessive previous experience
or: cynical or hardened due to unpleasant experience