Definition of «jaundiced»

The term "jaundiced" is an adjective that describes a yellowish color, often associated with sickness or ill health. It can also refer to a state of cynical or skeptical outlook on something, as if seeing it through tinted glasses.

Sentences with «jaundiced»

  • Life in the real world has long been tougher than in the towers of academia and the luxury afforded by a tenured spot on a U.S. law school faculty has been viewed with jaundiced eyes by many. (slaw.ca)
  • The more I hear this phrase the more my eye becomes jaundiced toward the one who utters it... as if this is entirely wrong in and of itself... but the gentleman farmer? (hudsonvalleyone.com)
  • Breast compressions can also make breastfeeding more productive for jaundiced babies (symptomatically sleepy, groggy or hard to wake babies) by pushing the milk to the forward part of the breast for easier removal. (nativemothering.com)
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