jaundiced
adjective
- become jaundice, turn yellow
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪst/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English jaundice English -ed English jaundiced From jaundice + -ed.
- Affected with jaundice.
“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.”
- Prejudiced; envious.
“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.”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree English jaundice English -ed English jaundiced From jaundice + -ed.
- simple past and past participle of jaundice