Antonyms for jaundiced

Grammar : Adj

Spell : jawn-dist, jahn-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɔn dɪst, ˈdʒɑn-

Definition of jaundiced

Origin : c.1300, jaunis, from Old French jaunice, earlier jalnice, "yellowness" (12c.), from jaune "yellow," from Latin galbinus "greenish yellow," probably from PIE *ghel- "yellow, green" (see Chloe).
With intrusive -d- (cf. gender, astound, thunder). Figurative meaning "feeling in which views are colored or distorted" first recorded 1620s, from yellow's association with bitterness and envy (see yellow). As a verb, from 1791, but usually in figurative use. Related: Jaundiced.

adj tainted, prejudiced

Example sentences :

The dog was brought, and he examined it with a jaundiced and bitter eye.
Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by James Stephens

His view was apt to be jaundiced, but he did not realize that.
Extract from : « Rimrock Trail » by J. Allan Dunn

When we are in a bilious mood, everything wears to us a jaundiced tinge.
Extract from : « The Shadow of Ashlydyat » by Mrs. Henry Wood

He was jaundiced, the conjunctiva yellow, and the lips blue.
Extract from : « Poisons: Their Effects and Detection » by Alexander Wynter Blyth

From that day on, everything we did was viewed with a jaundiced eye.
Extract from : « The War With Mexico, Volume I (of 2) » by Justin H. Smith

I dare say we shall find he has taken a jaundiced view of things.
Extract from : « It Is Never Too Late to Mend » by Charles Reade

To eyes not jaundiced, she was a perfect picture in a fitting frame.
Extract from : « The Quiver 12/1899 » by Anonymous

Temperature on evening of admission 101 F. Conjunctiv are anmic, but not jaundiced.
Extract from : « Parasites » by T. Spencer Cobbold

Let me say this: Your sight is jaundiced; you have seen wrong.
Extract from : « Shirley » by Charlotte Bront

But, though his vision was jaundiced, his purpose was honest.
Extract from : « The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I » by Various

Synonyms for jaundiced

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