broken

broken is a 6-letter English word with 24 senses as transitive verb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Break. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 24 senses

Definitions

1. past participle. of Break
2. transitive verb. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.
3. transitive verb. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.
4. transitive verb. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.
5. transitive verb. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.
6. transitive verb. Subdued; humbled; contrite.
7. transitive verb. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
8. transitive verb. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
9. transitive verb. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.
10. transitive verb. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.
11. transitive verb. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting.
12. adjective. physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

    "a broken mirror"

    "a broken tooth"

13. adjective. (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded

    "broken (or unkept) promises"

    "broken contracts"

    Synonyms: unkept

14. adjective. not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly

    "broken lines of defense"

    "a broken cable transmission"

15. adjective. lacking a part or parts

    "a broken set of encyclopedia"

16. adjective. discontinuous

    "broken clouds"

    "broken sunshine"

17. adjective. out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')

    "a broken washing machine"

    "the coke machine is broken"

    Synonyms: busted

18. adjective. destroyed financially

    "the broken fortunes of the family"

    Synonyms: impoverished

19. adjective. weakened and infirm

    "broken health resulting from alcoholism"

20. adjective. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion

    "troops fleeing in broken ranks"

    "a confused mass of papers on the desk"

    Synonyms: confused, disordered, upset

21. adjective. imperfectly spoken or written

    "broken English"

22. adjective. subdued or brought low in condition or status

    "brought low"

    "a broken man"

    Synonyms: crushed, humbled, humiliated, low

23. adjective. topographically very uneven

    "broken terrain"

    "rugged ground"

    Synonyms: rugged

24. adjective. tamed or trained to obey

    "a horse broken to the saddle"

    "this old nag is well broken in"

Synonyms

unkept, busted, impoverished, confused, disordered, upset, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low, rugged

Common word forms

brokenly, brokenness

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