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JAUNDICED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does jaundiced mean?
• JAUNDICED (adjective)
The adjective JAUNDICED has 2 senses:
1. affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
2. showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste
Familiarity information: JAUNDICED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
Synonyms:
Similar:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste
Context example:
takes a jaundiced view of societies and clubs
Similar:
discriminatory; prejudiced (being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand)
Context examples
That she should struggle against the fascinating influence of his delightful art—delightful nature I thought it then—did not surprise me either; for I knew that she was sometimes jaundiced and perverse.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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