broken
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: climatology
hobbies
lifestyle
meteorology
natural-sciences
sports
video-games
Etymology: From Middle English broken, from Old English brocen, ġebrocen, from Proto-Germanic *brukanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”). Cognate with Dutch gebroken (“broken”), German Low German broken (“broken”), German gebrochen (“broken”). Morphologically broke + -n.
Base: broke
Affixes: -n
Inflected forms:
form: more broken
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most broken
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Fragmented; in separate pieces.
pos: adj
examples: One recent morning the team had to replace a broken weather research station.
Local people say there were Russian and Chechen forces here.[…]Over here on the wall, one interesting detail- a single word, which someone has written in broken English: "Sori".
gloss: Fragmented; in separate pieces.
pos: adj
examples: My arm is broken!
The ground was littered with broken bones.
gloss: Fragmented; in separate pieces.
pos: adj
examples: A dog bit my leg and now the skin is broken.
gloss: Fragmented; in separate pieces.
pos: adj
gloss: Fragmented; in separate pieces.
pos: adj
examples: Then the circle would lie down again, and here and there a wolf would resume its broken nap.
gloss: Fragmented; in separate pieces.
pos: adj
examples: Tomorrow: broken skies.
gloss: Fragmented; in separate pieces.
pos: adj
examples: A cuckoo sat on a gate-post singing his broken June tune[.]
gloss: Breached; violated; not kept.
pos: adj
examples: broken promises of neutrality
broken vows
the broken covenant
gloss: Non-functional; not functioning properly.
pos: adj
examples: I think my doorbell is broken.
gloss: Non-functional; not functioning properly.
pos: adj
gloss: Non-functional; not functioning properly.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: This is the most broken application I've seen in a long time.
gloss: Non-functional; not functioning properly.
pos: adj
examples: His conversation was in French with Mailey and Roxton, who both spoke the language well, but he had to fall back upon broken English with Malone, who could only utter still more broken French in reply.
Don't say it in Russian / Don't say it in German / Say it in broken English
gloss: Non-functional; not functioning properly.
pos: adj
tags: US
colloquial
examples: Oh man! That is just broken!
gloss: Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
pos: adj
examples: The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken.
He said, "Son, when you grow up / Would you be the savior of the broken / The beaten, and the damned?"
And oh, maybe I see a part of me in them / The missing piece, always trying to fit in / The shattered heart, hungry for a home / No, you're not alone / I love the broken ones / I love the broken ones
gloss: Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
pos: adj
gloss: Uneven.
pos: adj
examples: All that day they rode into broken land. The prairie with its grass and rolling hills was behind them, and they entered a sparse, dry, rocky country, full of draws and short cañons and ominous buttresses.
gloss: Overpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power.
pos: adj
examples: This item is incredibly broken. I win almost every run I get to use it.
Synonyms: banjaxed
broken
bum
busted
fractured
ruptured
Antonyms: intact
Related words: damaged
leaking
out of order
piece
drunk
Derived words: a broken clock is right twice a day
breach
break
broke
broken arrow
Broken Arrow
broken-backed
broken bar
broken bird
broken bones
Broken Bow
broken breast
broken Britain
broken by design
broken chord
broken clock is right twice a day
broken clouds
broken consort
Broken Dam
broken diagonal
broken down
broken English
broken field
brokenhanded
broken-handed
Broken Head
broken heart
brokenhearted
broken-hearted
broken heart syndrome
broken-heart syndrome
Broken Hill
broken home
broken in
brokenly
broken man
broken-mouthed
brokenness
broken number
broken pipe
broken plural
broken power law
broken record
broken reed
broken rhyme
broken skin
broken sleep
broken source
broken tail
broken telephone
broken time
broken vertical bar
broken vessel
broken wind
broken-winded
broken window
broken windows
broken windows policing
broken windows theory
broken window theory
broket
half-broken
house-broken
if it ain't broken, don't fix it
Landolt broken ring
Night of Broken Glass
nonbroken
shipbroken
the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last
trans broken arm syndrome
unbroken
walk on broken glass
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: gebreek
lang: Arabic
word: مَكْسُور
roman: maksūr
lang: Arabic
word: مَكسور
roman: maksūr
lang: Arabic
word: مَكسور
roman: maksūr
lang: Armenian
word: կոտրված
roman: kotrvac
lang: Armenian
word: ջարդված
roman: ǰardvac
lang: Aromanian
word: aruptu
lang: Aromanian
word: frãmtu
lang: Bulgarian
word: счупен
roman: sčupen
lang: Catalan
word: trencat
lang: Cebuano
word: guba
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎤᏲᏨᎢ
roman: uyotsvi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 破碎
roman: pòsuì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 打破的
roman: dǎpò de
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 壞 /坏
roman: huài
lang: Cornish
word: brew
lang: Danish
word: brækket
lang: Danish
word: knust
lang: Dutch
word: gebroken
lang: Dutch
word: geknakt
lang: Esperanto
word: disrompita
lang: Faroese
word: brotin
lang: Finnish
word: särkynyt
lang: Finnish
word: rikkinäinen
lang: French
word: cassé
lang: French
word: brisé
lang: French
word: rompu
lang: Friulian
word: rot
lang: Galician
word: crebado
lang: Galician
word: quebrado
lang: Georgian
word: გატეხილი
roman: gaṭexili
lang: German
word: zerbrochen
lang: German
word: zersplittert
lang: Greek
word: σπασμένος
roman: spasménos
lang: Hebrew
word: שבור
roman: shavúr
lang: Hungarian
word: törött
lang: Ingrian
word: rikkinäin
lang: Ingrian
word: poikkinain
lang: Irish
word: briste
lang: Italian
word: rotto
lang: Japanese
word: 壊れた
roman: kowareta
lang: Japanese
word: 割れた
roman: wareta
lang: Khmer
word: បែក
roman: baek
lang: Korean
word: 부서진
roman: buseojin
lang: Korean
word: 깨진
roman: kkaejin
lang: Kyrgyz
word: сынган
roman: sıngan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: талкаланган
roman: talkalangan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: бузулган
roman: buzulgan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: иштебеген
roman: iştebegen
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жараланган
roman: jaralangan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жарылган
roman: jarılgan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: шалдыраган
roman: şaldıragan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: чарчаган
roman: carcagan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: алсыз
roman: alsız
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жеңилген
roman: jeŋilgen
lang: Kyrgyz
word: бузук
roman: buzuk
lang: Lao
word: ສລາຽ
roman: sa lāi
lang: Latin
word: ruptus
lang: Latin
word: frāctus
lang: Limburgish
word: kepót
lang: Macedonian
word: скршен
roman: skršen
lang: Malay
word: pecah
lang: Māori
word: pakaru
lang: Māori
word: whati
lang: Māori
word: whakatorouka
lang: Māori
word: mawera
lang: Māori
word: potapota
lang: Marathi
word: तुटलेले
roman: tuṭlele
lang: Marathi
word: तुटलेला
roman: tuṭlelā
lang: Marathi
word: तुटलेली
roman: tuṭlelī
lang: Marathi
word: खंडित
roman: khaṇḍit
lang: Marathi
word: मोडलेले
roman: moḍlele
lang: Marathi
word: मोडलेला
roman: moḍlelā
lang: Marathi
word: मोडलेली
roman: moḍlelī
lang: Old English
word: brocen
lang: Polish
word: połamany
lang: Polish
word: powyłamywany
lang: Polish
word: stłuczony
lang: Polish
word: potłuczony
lang: Portuguese
word: quebrado
lang: Romagnol
word: rót
lang: Romanian
word: rupt
lang: Romanian
word: frânt
lang: Russian
word: сло́манный
roman: slómannyj
lang: Sanskrit
word: भग्न
roman: bhagna
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: briste
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: razbijen
lang: Sicilian
word: ruttu
lang: Spanish
word: roto
lang: Spanish
word: quebrado
lang: Swedish
word: bruten
lang: Tagalog
word: bali-bali
lang: Tagalog
word: basag
lang: Tok Pisin
word: bruk
lang: Turkish
word: kırık
lang: Vietnamese
word: vỡ
lang: Vietnamese
word: bể
lang: Yiddish
word: צעבראָכן
roman: tsebrokhn
lang: Armenian
word: փչացած
roman: pʻčʻacʻac
lang: Armenian
word: անսարք
roman: ansarkʻ
lang: Bulgarian
word: разбит
roman: razbit
lang: Bulgarian
word: повреден
roman: povreden
lang: Catalan
word: espatllat
lang: Catalan
word: avariat
lang: Czech
word: rozbitý
lang: Danish
word: defekt
lang: Dutch
word: defect
lang: Dutch
word: kapot
lang: Esperanto
word: difektita
lang: Esperanto
word: rompita
lang: Finnish
word: rikkinäinen
lang: Finnish
word: rikki
lang: Finnish
word: epäkunnossa
lang: Finnish
word: sökö
lang: Finnish
word: risa
lang: Finnish
word: särki
lang: Finnish
word: prakannut
lang: Finnish
word: mäsä
lang: Finnish
word: paskana
lang: Finnish
word: tuusan nuuskana
lang: French
word: cassé
lang: French
word: niqué
lang: French
word: pété
lang: Georgian
word: გაფუჭებული
roman: gapuč̣ebuli
lang: German
word: kaputt
lang: German
word: defekt
lang: Greek
word: χαλασμένος
roman: chalasménos
lang: Hungarian
word: elromlott
lang: Hungarian
word: tönkrement
lang: Hungarian
word: meghibásodott
lang: Indonesian
word: rusak
lang: Irish
word: briste
lang: Japanese
word: 故障した
roman: koshō shita
lang: Limburgish
word: kepót
lang: Malay
word: rosak
lang: Marathi
word: बिघडलेले
roman: bighaḍlele
lang: Marathi
word: बिघडलेला
roman: bighaḍlelā
lang: Marathi
word: बिघडलेली
roman: bighaḍlelī
lang: Persian
word: خراب
roman: xarâb
lang: Plautdietsch
word: kaputt (nds)
lang: Polish
word: zepsuty
lang: Portuguese
word: estragado
lang: Romanian
word: stricat
lang: Slovene
word: pokvarjen
lang: Spanish
word: descompuesto
lang: Spanish
word: averiado
lang: Spanish
word: estropeado
lang: Sundanese
word: pateuh
lang: Sundanese
word: rejét
lang: Swedish
word: trasig
lang: Tagalog
word: sira
lang: Tok Pisin
word: bruk
lang: Turkish
word: bozuk
lang: Vietnamese
word: hỏng
lang: Yiddish
word: צעבראָכן
roman: tsebrokhn