Both Uses of
jaded
in
Hard Times
- There was an air of jaded sullenness in them both, and particularly in the girl: yet, struggling through the dissatisfaction of her face, there was a light with nothing to rest upon, a fire with nothing to burn, a starved imagination keeping life in itself somehow, which brightened its expression.†
Chpt 1.3 *
- He had a jaded anxious look upon him, and his hand, usually steady, trembled in hers.†
Chpt 3.1
Definition:
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(jaded) dulled interest due to excessive previous experience
or: cynical or hardened due to unpleasant experience