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broken

• (a) physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
  • a broken mirror
  • a broken tooth
  • a broken leg
  • his neck is broken
• (a) not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
  • broken lines of defense
  • a broken cable transmission
  • broken sleep
  • tear off the stub above the broken line
  • a broken note
  • broken sobs
• (s) subdued or brought low in condition or status
  • brought low
  • a broken man
  • his broken spirit
  humbled, humiliated, crushed, low,
• (a) (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
  • broken (or unkept) promises
  • broken contracts
  unkept,
• (s) tamed or trained to obey
  • a horse broken to the saddle
  • this old nag is well broken in
  broken in,
• (s) topographically very uneven
  • broken terrain
  • rugged ground
  rugged,
• (s) imperfectly spoken or written
  • broken English
• (s) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
  • troops fleeing in broken ranks
  • a confused mass of papers on the desk
  • the small disordered room
  • with everything so upset
  disordered, upset, confused,
• (s) weakened and infirm
  • broken health resulting from alcoholism
• (s) destroyed financially
  • the broken fortunes of the family
  impoverished, wiped out,
• (s) out of working order ("busted" is an informal substitute for "broken")
  • a broken washing machine
  • the coke machine is broken
  • the coke machine is busted
  busted,
• (s) discontinuous
  • broken clouds
  • broken sunshine
• (s) lacking a part or parts
  • a broken set of encyclopedia

Synonyms

humbled humiliated crushed low unkept broken in rugged disordered upset confused impoverished wiped out busted

Antonyms

unbroken kept

See also

damaged imperfect injured unsound noncontinuous discontinuous

Words of close approximity