jaundiced
adj.
affected by jaundice, yellowed as if from jaundice; biased, prejudiced, embittered
jaundice
v.
distort, prejudice, bias, warp
Jaundiced
jaundiced
Adjective
1. affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
(synonym) icteric, yellow
(similar) unhealthy
2. showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste; "looked with a jaundiced eye on the growth of regimentation"; "takes a jaundiced view of societies and clubs"
(similar) prejudiced, discriminatory
jaundice
Noun
1. yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes caused by an accumulation of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood; can be a symptom of gallstones or liver infection or anemia
(synonym) icterus
(hypernym) symptom
(hyponym) jaundice of the newborn, physiological jaundice of the newborn, icterus neonatorum
(part-meronym) hyperbilirubinemia
2. a sharp and bitter manner
(synonym) bitterness, acrimony, acerbity
(hypernym) disagreeableness
Verb
1. distort adversely; "Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment"
(hypernym) deform, distort, strain
(derivation) bitterness, acrimony, acerbity
2. affect with, or as if with, jaundice
(hypernym) affect
(derivation) icterus
Jaundiced
(a.)
Prejudiced; envious; as, a jaundiced judgment.
(a.)
Affected with jaundice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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jaundiced
Synonyms and related words:
antiblack, biased, bigoted, bilious, bitter, chauvinistic, choleric, colored, corrupt, critical, cynical, disapproving, dishonest, disparaging, distorted, distrustful, doctrinaire, dogmatic, dyspeptic, embittered, envious, green, green with jealousy, green-eyed, horn-mad, hostile, icterous, influenced, interested, invidious, jaundice-eyed, jealous, know-nothing, nonobjective, one-sided, opinionated, partial, partisan, perverted, preconceived, prejudiced, prepossessed, racist, resentful, sallow, sexist, sour, sour-tempered, soured, spiteful, splenetic, superpatriotic, suspicious, swayed, tainted, tendentious, twisted, ultranationalist, undetached, undispassionate, unfair, unfavorable, unfriendly, untrustworthy, vinegarish, warped, xenophobic, yellow, yellow-eyed
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.