different between jaded vs bored

English

Etymology

From jade (“worn-out horse”), possibly from Old Norse jalda (“mare”). Jade as a term of abuse for a woman dates from 1560.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?e?d?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d?d

Adjective

jaded (comparative more jaded, superlative most jaded)

1. Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been over exposed to, or having consumed too much of something.

   Synonyms: cloyed, gorged, glutted, satiated, sated, surfeited
2. Worn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.

   Synonyms: exhausted, fatigued, wearied; see also Thesaurus:fatigued

3. Made callous or cynically insensitive, by experience.

   Synonym: blasé

Derived terms

• jadedness

Translations

Verb

jaded

1. simple past tense and past participle of jade

References

Anagrams

• deadj.

English

Etymology

bore +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??d/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger)IPA^(key): /bo(?)?d/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /bo?d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Homophone: board; baud, bawd (nonrhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Verb

bored

1. simple past tense and past participle of bore

Adjective

bored (comparative more bored, superlative most bored)

1. Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.

   The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem.

2. Perforated by a hole or holes.

Translations

Derived terms

• be bored, Thesaurus:be bored
• boredly
• boredness
• unbored

(Expressions):

• bored out of one's brains
• bored out of one's mind
• bored out of one's tree
• bored stiff
• bored to tears

Related terms

• bore, bore out
• boredom
• boring
• unbore

See also

• ennui
• ennuyé

Anagrams

• Brode, brode, orbed, robed