broken 
bro·ken (brō′kən)
adjective
- split or cracked into pieces; splintered, fractured, burst, etc.
- not in working condition; out of order a broken watch
- not kept or observed; violated a broken promise
- disrupted, as by divorce a broken home
- sick, weakened, or beaten broken health, a broken spirit
- bankrupt
- not even or continuous; interrupted broken terrain, broken tones
- not complete a broken set of Shakespeare's works
- imperfectly spoken, esp. with reference to grammar and syntax broken English
- subdued and trained; tamed
- Informal demoted in rank
broken
modif.
Fractured
shattered, ruptured, burst, splintered, shivered, smashed, in pieces, collapsed, destroyed, gashed, pulverized, crumbled, mutilated, bruised, injured, lacerated, damaged, rent, split, torn, riven, cracked, mangled, fragmented, fragmentary, defective, disintegrated, crippled, shredded, crushed, slivered, chipped, busted*; see also destroyed, hurt.Not functioning properly
defective, inoperative, in need of repair, in disrepair, out of order, malfunctioning, down, fallen apart, busted*, gone to pot*, screwed up*, shot*, gone haywire*, on the fritz*, on the blink*, gone to pieces*, kaput*, come unstuck, come unglued*, out of gear*, out of commission*, out of whack*, out of kilter*, conked out*, dead*; see also faulty.Discontinuous
spasmodic, interrupted, disrupted, intermittent; see irregular 1, 4, separated.Not kept; said especially of promises
violated, infringed, dishonored, traduced, forgotten, ignored, transgressed, retracted, disregarded, contravened, flouted. Incoherent; said of speech
unintelligible, mumbled, jumbled; see incoherent 2.Infirm
Bankrupt
indebted, ruined, insolvent, broke*; see insolvent, ruined 4.Disheartened
discouraged, depressed, heartsick, defeated; see beaten 1, sad 1.
Modifying Another Word
- even: The operation is intensely painful, typically performed without anesthesia, in unhygienic conditions with razor blades, knives or even broken glass.
- n't: Like the review says - if it ai n't broken don't fix it - well, I'd say this is the problem.
- very: Also, of course, there would be flint but, surprisingly, most probably very broken and unsuitable for knapping.
- easily: A: We carry very comprehensive stocks on the van of the most common parts that wear out or are easily broken ( e.g.
- often: My station has no TV screens or announcements just a phone which is often broken or hazardous to health.
- freshly: However, even next to fresh cliff falls one rarely finds freshly broken material on the beach suggesting that it is quickly rounded.
Modifies a noun
- bone: We find broken bones even in four or five year olds.
- leg: Children with broken legs who can't work... " " What do you regret?
- rib: Doctor Norton said the injuries were consistent with a horse rolling on him, he had several broken ribs.
- promise: How many more broken promises will have to be borne by farmers?
- glass: There's quite a lot of broken glass which needs sweeping up also.
- ankle: Lucy is found alive a while later, half starved and with a broken ankle.
Used with adjective complement
- get: The rest of us were indeed becoming rather destructive, with some of the furniture getting broken.
- have: Mind you, neither, it would seem, have Broken Lizard.
- link: Comment: Link broken, unable to locate new home.
- feel: I love you lots and my heart feels broken without you.
- find: My dad remembers clocks being found broken, like time stood still.
The Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said,Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying,This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
And heshall rulethemwith a rod of iron; asthevessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers.
A pard-like Spirit, beautiful and swiftö A love in desolation masked;öa Power Girt round with weakness;öit can scarce uplift The weight of the superincumbent hour; It is a dying lamp, a falling shower, A breaking billow;öeven whilst we speak Is it not broken? Shelley
Here, even the law of the jungle has broken down.
Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.
Our hearts are broken, but they continue to beat, and the spirit of our City has never been stronger.
Lo, thou trusted in thestaff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
They gave us our rice bowl and we don't want it broken.
What is broken is broken, and I'd rather remember it as it was at its bestthanmend it and seebrokenplaces as long as I lived I wish I could care what you do or where you go, but I can't. My dear, I don't give a damn.
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