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   Bro·ken

   /ˈbrōkən/

   

   verb

   • 1. past participle of break

   adjective

   • 1. having been fractured or damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order: "he had a broken arm" Similar smashedshatteredburstfragmentedsplinteredshiveredcrushedsnappedrenttornrupturedseparatedseveredin bitsin piecesdestroyedwreckeddemolisheddisintegratedcrackedsplitchippedinformal:in smithereens/smithersfractureddamagedinjuredmaimedOpposite wholeunbroken
   • ▪ (of a marriage or other long-term relationship) having ended. Similar failedended
   • ▪ denoting a family in which the parents are divorced or separated: "he grew up poor in a broken family"
   • ▪ (of an agreement or promise) not observed by one of the parties involved.
   • 2. (of a person) having given up all hope; despairing: "he went to his grave a broken man" Similar defeatedbeatenvanquishedoverpoweredoverwhelmedsubdueddemoralizeddispiriteddiscourageddejectedcrushedhumbleddishonoredruinedcrippled
   • 3. having breaks or gaps in continuity: "a broken white line across the road" Similar interrupteddisturbedfitfuldisrupteddisconnecteddiscontinuousfragmentaryintermittentunsettledsporadicspasmodicerratictroubledincompleteOpposite uninterrupted
   • ▪ (of speech or a language) spoken falteringly, as if overcome by emotion, or with many mistakes, as by a foreigner: "a young man talking in broken Italian" Similar haltinghesitatingdisjointedfalteringstumblingstammeringstutteringimperfectOpposite perfect
   • 4. having an uneven and rough surface: "broken ground" Similar unevenroughirregularbumpyjaggedraggedcraggyruttedpittedruttyOpposite flatsmooth

   Derivatives

   • 1. brokenly adverb
   • 2. brokenness noun

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