Definition

1. Noun:

   • A medical condition: A condition characterized by yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes, caused by an excess of bilirubin (a bile pigment) in the blood. It is a symptom of various underlying issues such as liver disease, gallstones, or certain anemias.
   • A state of mind: A bitter, cynical, or prejudiced outlook on life, often stemming from envy, resentment, or disappointment.

2. Verb:

   • To affect with jaundice: To cause someone to develop the medical condition of jaundice (literal).
   • To affect with prejudice or bitterness: To distort someone's perception, judgment, or outlook, making them bitter, envious, or unfairly prejudiced (figurative).

Examples

• Noun (Medical):

  • The doctor diagnosed the newborn with jaundice, a common condition in infants.
  • Symptoms of hepatitis often include fatigue and jaundice.

• Noun (Figurative):

  • His constant failures had filled him with a deep jaundice towards anyone who was successful.
  • She viewed the political process with a jaundice born of long experience.

• Verb (Figurative):

  • Years of professional rivalry had jaundiced his view of her accomplishments.
  • A bad experience with one contractor should not jaundice your opinion of all builders.

Advanced Usage

• "Jaundiced eye/view": A perspective that is colored by bitterness, skepticism, or prejudice.
  • He looks upon all new proposals with a jaundiced eye.
  • After the scandal, the public viewed the company's charity work with a jaundiced view.

Variants and Related Words

• Jaundiced (Adjective):
  • Affected by jaundice (medical).

    • The jaundiced patient required immediate care.
  • Exhibiting or influenced by envy, resentment, or cynicism.

    • He gave a jaundiced account of the event, focusing only on the negatives.

Synonyms

• Noun (Medical): Icterus (medical term).
• Noun (Figurative): Cynicism, bitterness, resentment, prejudice.
• Verb (Figurative): Embitter, poison, warp, distort, prejudice.

Related Idioms

• Look through jaundiced spectacles/eyes: To view something with a prejudiced or cynical attitude.
  • Having been cheated before, she now looks at all business deals through jaundiced spectacles.

Noun

1. a rough and bitter manner
2. 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

Verb

1. affect with, or as if with, jaundice
2. distort adversely
   • Jealousy had jaundiced his judgment