jaundiced

Etymology

jaundice + -ed

adj

  1. (pathology) Affected with jaundice.
    Jaundiced eyes seem to see all objects yellow. 1640, Joseph Hall, Episcopacy by Divine Right
  2. (figurative) Prejudiced; envious.
    a jaundiced judgment
    Although Professor Davidson took a very jaundiced view of the Neptune probe, it had already been approved and he saw no point in sending more good money after bad. 1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama
    If we have experienced a hostile world in childhood, we will continue to view almost everyone with a jaundiced eye and react to them according to our perception. 2003, Simon S. Godfrey, The Nature of Man and God: A New Look, Trafford Publishing, page 186

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