Synonyms for jaundiced
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : jawn-dist, jahn- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɔn dɪst, ˈdʒɑn- |
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Définition 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
- 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 101Â 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
Antonyms for jaundiced
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