broken

bro·ken (br

Past participle of break.

adj.

1. Forcibly separated into two or more pieces; fractured: a broken arm; broken glass.

2. Sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion of a parent or parents: children from broken homes; a broken marriage.

3. Having been violated: a broken promise.

a. Incomplete: a broken set of books.

b. Being in a state of disarray; disordered: troops fleeing in broken ranks.

a. Intermittently stopping and starting; discontinuous: a broken cable transmission.

b. Varying abruptly, as in pitch: broken sobs.

c. Spoken with gaps and errors: broken English.

6. Topographically rough; uneven: broken terrain.

a. Subdued totally; humbled: a broken spirit.

b. Weakened and infirm: broken health.

8. Crushed by grief: died of a broken heart.

9. Financially ruined; bankrupt.

10. Not functioning; out of order: a broken washing machine.

broken·ly adv.

broken·ness n.

broken [ˈbrəʊkən]

the past participle of break

adj

1. fractured, smashed, or splintered a broken vase

2. imperfect or incomplete; fragmentary a broken set of books

3. interrupted; disturbed; disconnected broken sleep

4. intermittent or discontinuous broken sunshine

5. (Music, other) varying in direction or intensity, as of pitch a broken note a broken run

6. not functioning a broken radio

7. spoilt or ruined by divorce (esp in the phrases broken home, broken marriage)

8. (of a trust, promise, contract, etc.) violated; infringed

9. overcome with grief or disappointment a broken heart

10. (Linguistics / Grammar) (of the speech of a foreigner) imperfect in grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation broken English

11. Also broken-in made tame or disciplined by training a broken horse a broken recruit

12. exhausted or weakened as through ill-health or misfortune

13. confused or disorganized broken ranks of soldiers

14. breached or opened broken defensive lines

15. irregular or rough; uneven broken ground

16. bankrupt or out of money a broken industry

17. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) (of colour) having a multicoloured decorative effect, as by stippling paint onto a surface

brokenly adv

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Adj.	1.	broken - physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken" damaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" injured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings" imperfect - not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" unsound - not sound financially; "unsound banking practices" unbroken - not broken; whole and intact; in one piece; "fortunately the other lens is unbroken"
	2.	broken - 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" noncontinuous, discontinuous - not continuing without interruption in time or space; "discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling" unbroken - marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence; "cars in an unbroken procession"; "the unbroken quiet of the afternoon"
	3.	broken - subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit" humbled, humiliated, crushed, low humble - marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski
	4.	broken - (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts" unkept contract - a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by law kept, unbroken - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded; "unbroken promises"; "promises kept"
	5.	broken - tamed or trained to obey; "a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in" broken in tamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
	6.	broken - topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground" rugged rough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face"
	7.	broken - imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English" imperfect - not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"
	8.	broken - 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 disorganised, disorganized - lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate"
	9.	broken - weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from alcoholism" impaired - diminished in strength, quality, or utility; "impaired eyesight"
	10.	broken - destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family" impoverished, wiped out destroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"
	11.	broken - 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 colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech damaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"
	12.	broken - discontinuous; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine" meteorology - the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) distributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up
	13.	broken - lacking a part or parts; "a broken set of encyclopedia" incomplete, uncomplete - not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass"

broken

adjective

1. interrupted, disturbed, incomplete, erratic, disconnected, intermittent, fragmentary, spasmodic, discontinuous nights of broken sleep

2. failed, ruined, wrecked, unsuccessful, abortive, ending in divorce the traumas of a broken marriage

3. imperfect, halting, hesitating, stammering, disjointed Eric could only respond in broken English.

4. smashed, destroyed, burst, shattered, fragmented, fractured, demolished, severed, ruptured, rent, separated, shivered Damp air came through the broken window.

5. defective, not working, ruined, imperfect, out of order, not functioning, on the blink (slang), on its last legs, kaput (informal) a broken guitar and a rusty snare drum

6. violated, forgotten, ignored, disregarded, not kept, infringed, retracted, disobeyed, dishonoured, transgressed, traduced History is made up of broken promises.

7. defeated, beaten, crushed, humbled, crippled, tamed, subdued, oppressed, overpowered, vanquished, demoralized, browbeaten He looked a broken man.

8. fractured, cracked, splintered He escaped with a broken leg.

9. cut, wounded, pierced, punctured, perforated, ruptured The broken skin became infected.

10. uneven, rough, bumpy, rutted, not flat, not level, not smooth, pitty the rough broken ground in front of the flats

Translations

broken [ˈbrəʊkən]

A. PP of break

B. ADJ

1. [object] → roto, quebrado(LAm); [bone] → roto, fracturado; [skin] → cortado
"do not use on broken skin" → "no aplicar si hay cortes o heridas en la piel"
he sounds like a broken record → parece un disco rallado

2. (= not working) [machine] → estropeado, averiado

3. (= uneven) [road surface] → accidentado

4. (= ruined) [health, spirit] → quebrantado; [heart] → roto, destrozado
to die of a broken heart → morir de pena
broken in health → deshecho, muy decaído
a broken man → un hombre deshecho
a broken reed (fig) → una persona quemada

5. (= interrupted) [line] → quebrado; [voice] → entrecortado; [sleep] → interrumpido; [cloud] → fragmentario
he speaks broken English → chapurrea el inglés
she had a broken night → durmió mal, despertándose a cada momento

6. (= failed) [marriage] → deshecho
a broken home → una familia dividida

7. [promise] → roto, quebrantado

broken [ˈbrəʊkən]

pp of break

adj

[arm, leg] → cassé(e); [machine, toy] → cassé(e)
a broken leg → une jambe cassée
to have a broken arm → avoir le bras cassé
He's got a broken arm → Il a le bras cassé.
It's broken → C'est cassé.

[promise, vow] → rompu(e)

a broken marriage → un mariage brisé

a broken home → un foyer désuni

(= halting) [language] → hésitant(e)
in broken French → dans un français hésitant
to speak broken French → parler un français hésitant

(= with gaps) [line] → discontinu(e)
broken-down [ˌbrəʊkənˈdaʊn] adj

[car] → en panne; [machine] → détraqué(e)

[person] → usé(e)

[building] → délabré(e)
broken-hearted [ˌbrəʊkənˈhɑː^rtɪd] adj [mother, lover] → au cœur brisé
to be broken-hearted → avoir le cœur brisé

broken ptp of break

adj

→ kaputt (inf); twig → geknickt; bone → gebrochen; rope also → gerissen; (= smashed) cup, glass etc → zerbrochen, kaputt

(fig) voice → brüchig; chord → gebrochen; heart, spirit, man → gebrochen; health, marriage → zerrüttet; surely his voice has broken by now → er muss den Stimmbruch schon hinter sich (dat) → haben; from a broken home → aus zerrütteten Familienverhältnissen

promise → gebrochen; appointment → nicht (ein)gehalten

road, surface, ground → uneben; coastline → zerklüftet; water, sea → aufgewühlt, bewegt; set → unvollständig

(= interrupted) journey → unterbrochen; line also → gestrichelt; sleep also → gestört

English, German etc → gebrochen

broken:

broken-down

adj machine, car, furniture → kaputt (inf); building → heruntergekommen

brokenhearted

adj → untröstlich

broken white

n → gebrochenes Weiß

broken-winded

adj → kurzatmig, dämpfig (spec)

broken [ˈbrəʊk/ən]

1. pp of break

2. adj

a. (gen) → rotto/a; (stick) → spezzato/a (fig) (marriage) → fallito/a; (promise, vow) → infranto/a, non rispettato/a; (appointment) → mancato/a; (health) → rovinato/a; (spirit) → a pezzi; (heart) → infranto/a
he comes from a broken home → i suoi sono divisi
he's a broken old man → è un vecchio finito

b. (uneven, surface, coastline) → irregolare; (ground) → accidentato/a; (interrupted, line) → spezzato/a; (sleep) → agitato/a
to have a broken night → non riuscire dormire una notte di filato
he speaks broken English → parla un inglese stentato

broken [ˈbrəʊk/ən]

1. pp of break

2. adj

broken

adj broken [ˈbrəukən]

1 see break a broken window; My watch is broken. gebreek, stukkend مَكْسور счупен rozbitý knust; i stykker zerbrochen σπασμένος, χαλασμένος katkine شکسته rikkoutunut cassé שָבוּר टूटा, खंडित razbijen törött rusak こわれた 고장난 sudužęs, sugedęs salauzts pecah kapot knust, i stykker, brukket rozbity, zepsuty quebrado spart разбитый; сломанный rozbitý razbit; pokvarjen pokvaren trasig, sönder แตก kırık, kırılmış; bozulmuş 破掉，壞了 розбитий, зламаний شکستہ ، ٹوٹی ہوئی bị vỡ 见

2 interrupted broken sleep. onderbroke مُتَقَطِّع прекъснат přerušený, přetržený afbrudt unterbrochen διακοπτόμενος, διαταραγμένος interrumpido katkeline بهم خورده؛ نامرتب keskeytynyt interrompu מְקוּטָע उचाट नींद isprekidan megszakított terganggu interrotto; agitato とぎれた 방해된 pertrauktas iedragāts; traucēts tidur yang terganggu gebroken avbrutt przerwany interrompido întrerupt нарушенный prerušený pretrgan prekinut avbruten ไม่ติดต่อ kesintili, kesik kesik, bölünmüş 斷續的 уривчастий منقطع ، رکاوٹ والا đứt quãng 断续的

3 uneven broken ground. ongelyke وَعِر، ، غَيْر مُسْتَوٍ неравен hrbolatý, členitý ujævn uneben ανώμαλος, ανομοιογενής accidentado ebatasane ناصاف؛ ناهموار epätasainen accidenté מוּזנַח उबड़-खाबड़ nepotpun egyenetlen tidak rata accidentato でこぼこの 울퉁불퉁한 nelygus nelīdzens tanah yang tidak rata oneffen ujevn, oppkjørt nierówny irregular accidentat неровный hrboľatý neraven nejednak ojämn, kuperad ขรุขระ düz olmayan, inişli yokuşlu 起伏不平的 зораний غیر ہموار nhấp nhô 起伏不平的

4 (of language) not fluent He speaks broken English. gebroke, krom, geradbraakte مُكَسَّر، غَيْر سَليم развален lámaný gebrokken gebrochen σπαστός (μτφ.), που δε μιλιέται καλά (για ξένη γλώσσα) chapurreado konarlik شکسته؛ بریده بریده murteellinen mauvais שָׂפָה רְצוּצָה टूटी-फूटी भाषा loš tört (angolság) patah-patah scorretto, sgrammaticato 文法など不完全な 서툰 darkytas (par valodu) lauzīts tak lancar gebroken gebrokkent łamany incorrecto stricat ломаный lámaný polomljen loše bruten ไม่คล่อง bozuk, kırık dökük 不流利的 ламаний غیر رواں ، نا ہموار không lưu loát 蹩脚的

5 ruined The children come from a broken home (= their parents are no longer living together). gebroke, ontwrigte مُكَسَّر، لوالِدَيْن مُنْفَصِلَيْن съсипан narušený, rozbitý ødelagt; opløst zerrüttet διαλυμένος, κατεστραμμένος deshecho purunenud نابسامان rikkinäinen désuni שָבוּר विभाजित परिवार uništen felbomlott (család) berantakan disunito 片親だけの 파괴된 suiręs izputināts; izputējis rumah tangga yang berpecah belah ontwricht ødelagt, oppløst rozbity desfeito destrămat, dezbinat разрушенный narušený razdrt razrušen trasig, sönderslagen ไม่สมบูรณ์ dağılmış 破裂的 розбитий کھنڈر ، شکستہ bị đổ vỡ 被破坏的

adj broken-ˈhearted

overcome by grief. ontroosbaar, gebroke, met 'n gebroke hart كِسيرِ القَلْب، حَزينٌ جِدّا съкрушен citově raněný dybt fortvivlet; bundulykkelig untröstlich συντετριμμένος από θλίψη con el corazón partido murest murtud دلشکسته murtunut au coeur brisé שְבוּר לֵב शोक-संतप्त, दु:खी slomljena srca reményvesztett terpengaruh kesedihan, patah hati dal cuore spezzato/infranto 傷心の 상심한 prislėgtas, susisielojęs satriekts; dziļi nelaimīgs patah hati diepbedroefd helt knust/fortvilet zrozpaczony destroçado sfâşiat de durere убитый горем so zlomeným srdcom nesrečen slomljenog srca nedbruten av sorg, förkrossad อกหัก üzüntülü; kalbi kırılmış 心碎的 убитий горем; з розбитим серцем شکستہ دل đau khổ 心碎的

broken → مكسور rozbitý knækket zerbrochen σπασμένος roto rikkinäinen cassé slomljen rotto 壊れた 부서진 kapot ødelagt połamany quebrado сломанный trasig แตกหัก kırık bị vỡ 坏掉的

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