Both Uses of
jaded
in
Northanger Abbey
- My spirits are quite jaded with listening to his nonsense: and then, being such a smart young fellow, I saw every eye was upon us.†
Chpt 16 *
- In the joyfulness of family love everything for a short time was subdued, and the pleasure of seeing her, leaving them at first little leisure for calm curiosity, they were all seated round the tea-table, which Mrs. Morland had hurried for the comfort of the poor traveller, whose pale and jaded looks soon caught her notice, before any inquiry so direct as to demand a positive answer was addressed to her.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(jaded) dulled interest due to excessive previous experience
or: cynical or hardened due to unpleasant experience