Jaundiced

/ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪst/ · adjective

Meaning

(pathology) Affected with jaundice..

Definitions by Sense

1. (pathology) Affected with jaundice.
2. (figuratively) Prejudiced; envious.
3. simple past and past participle of jaundice

Example Sentences

Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects yellow.

Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes.

a jaundiced judgment

Mr. George Lawrence, C.M.G., First Class District Officer of His Majesty's Civil Service, sat at the door of his tent and viewed the African desert scene with the eye of extreme disfavour. [...] The eye was jaundiced, thanks to the heat and foul dust of Bornu, to malaria, dysentery, inferior food, poisonous water, and rapid continuous marching in appalling heat.

Although Professor Davidson took a very jaundiced view of the Neptune probe, it had already been approved and he saw no point in sending more good money after bad.

If we have experienced a hostile world in childhood, we will continue to view almost everyone with a jaundiced eye and react to them according to our perception.

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• more jaundiced
• most jaundiced

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