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🟡 Yellowing skin 😒 To bias
to jaundice

to jaundice

1 9.9
To make someone see things unfairly because of bitterness or envy
  • verb
  • /ˈdʒɔːndɪs/
translation icon : sesgar
  • Similarly jaundiced in his view of the president's League scheme was Konoe Fumimaro.

Examples

  • Ram, I knew, didn't view our fellow Indians through so jaundiced a lens.

    Blog text (7)

  • The two women at the picture's center appear to direct a jaundiced gaze toward the unending parade of men before them.

    Academic text (1994)

  • I think that shows that you were already jaundiced before you read it.

    Blog text (22)

  • So if this event does jaundice you toward pronouncements of suicide on the internet, I don't think it will necessarily impact your empathic ability generally.

    Blog text (13)

  • After experiencing betrayal, her perspective became jaundiced, making it hard for her to trust others.

  • His negative outlook was jaundiced by years of disappointment in failed projects.

  • The journalist's opinions seemed jaundiced due to his previous encounters with corrupt officials.

Synonyms

to prejudice
vsto jaundice
33 6.1

To make someone form an unfair opinion before they know enough

bias someone's view through bitterness or envy rather than mere lack of information

Compounds

jaundice of the newborn
  • Specialized
4.1

A yellow colour on a newborn baby's skin that usually goes away on its own

physiological jaundice of the newborn
  • Specialized
4.8

A common harmless yellowing of a baby's skin and eyes from an immature liver that goes away

How Biased

to jaundice
1 9.9
to bias
6 4.9

Surface Forms

jaundice infinitive
jaundiced past
jaundiced past participle
jaundicing present participle
jaundices third person singular

Etymology

The verb jaundice comes from the same root jaune, which means 'yellow', and from an old belief that yellow body fluids could make people bitter, so to 'jaundice' someone's view is to colour it with bitterness or envy.