jaundiced

UK /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪst/ US /ˈd͡ʒɔːndɪst/
adj 2

Definitions

adj

1

Affected with jaundice.

Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects yellow.

Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes.

2

Prejudiced; envious.

a jaundiced judgment

Mr. George Lawrence, C.M.G., First Class District Officer of His Majesty's Civil Service, sat at the door of his tent and viewed the African desert scene with the eye of extreme disfavour. [...] The eye was jaundiced, thanks to the heat and foul dust of Bornu, to malaria, dysentery, inferior food, poisonous water, and rapid continuous marching in appalling heat.

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