Broken

Definition:

  • (p. p.) of Break
  • (v. t.) Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.
  • (v. t.) Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.
  • (v. t.) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.
  • (v. t.) Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.
  • (v. t.) Subdued; humbled; contrite.
  • (v. t.) Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
  • (v. t.) Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
  • (v. t.) Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.
  • (v. t.) Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.
  • (v. t.) Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting.

Compare broken with other words:

broken vs. old

broken vs. collapse

broken vs. fault

broken vs. wroken

broken vs. broker

broken vs. torn

broken vs. faulty

broken vs. failed

broken vs. crooked

broken vs. bursten

broken vs. mobile

broken vs. damage

broken vs. marred

broken vs. burst

broken vs. fragile

broken vs. jagged

broken vs. defective

bonesetter vs. broken

breakage vs. broken

broken vs. jacked

broken vs. inoperative

broken vs. severed

broken vs. halting

broken vs. solen

breakable vs. broken

broken vs. irrefrangible

broken vs. fragmented

broken vs. macadamize

broken vs. unbroken

broken vs. fracture

broken vs. shattered

broken vs. wonky

broken vs. dashed

broken vs. crocked

broken vs. shard

broken vs. tattered

broken vs. riven

broken vs. sinuous

broken vs. unbreakable

bogus vs. broken

broken vs. contusion

broken vs. snicker

broken vs. distraught

broken vs. crushed

broken vs. craziness

broken vs. strake

broken vs. knackered

broken vs. fragment

broken vs. fixed

broken vs. crazy

broken vs. continuous

broken vs. heartbroken

broken vs. brokenness

broken vs. brokenly

breach vs. broken

broken vs. saddening

broken vs. overpowered

broken vs. eighth

broken vs. designed

broke vs. broken

broken vs. dispirited

bankrupt vs. broken

broken vs. working

broken vs. defeated

broken vs. ruptured

broken vs. fractured

break vs. broken

bran vs. broken

broken vs. wound

broken vs. hyphen

abrupt vs. broken