to jade someone's perspective

9.9

Make someone less open to new ideas after bad experiences

phrasal verb
/dʒeɪd/

: desilusionar

It's important not to let negative experiences jade your perspective on future opportunities.

Examples

Years of bitter negotiations eventually jaded his perspective on international cooperation.
Constant disappointment in the workplace can jade your perspective over time.
Why do you always jade someone's perspective?
Constant disappointment in the workplace can jade someone's perspective over time.
It's important not to let negative experiences jade someone's perspective on future opportunities.
Years of bitter negotiations can jade someone's perspective about trust in others.

Synonyms

disillusioning

vsto jade someone's perspective

2 6.7

Making someone see that something is not as good as it seemed

leads to weary distrust and reduced openness rather than mere correction

to jade

vsto jade someone's perspective

1 8.1

To make someone tired or bored by doing something too often

causes weary cynicism and less open thinking from overexposure

to dispirit

vsto jade someone's perspective

1 7.6

To make someone lose hope or confidence

removes enthusiasm but does not necessarily cause cynical closed thinking

Antonyms

open-minded

80 3.7

Ready to listen to new ideas and accept different views

How Cynical

to harden

27 2.6

to jade someone's perspective

9.9

to embitter

5 6.8

to disappoint

492 1.0

Surface Forms

jade someone's perspective infinitive

jaded someone's perspective past

jaded someone's perspective past participle

jading someone's perspective present participle

jades someone's perspective third person singular

Morphology

jade + someone's + perspective

The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'jade' (to make weary or bored) applied to 'someone's perspective' (their viewpoint) yields 'to make a person's viewpoint weary/cynical.' This follows a straightforward verb + possessive + noun compositional pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the word 'jade' and 'perspective' should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Jade someone's perspective may come from an old word jade for a tired, worn-out horse. Like a horse that has lost its energy, to 'jade' someone's view is to wear it down so they feel tired, bitter, or less open-minded.