broken
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
a broken mirror
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Sense 2 adjective
not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
broken lines of defense
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- noncontinuous also see
- unbroken antonym
- broken-field similar to
- dashed similar to
- off-and-ona similar to
- halting similar to
Sense 3 adjective
subdued or brought low in condition or status
brought low
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- downheartedness derivation
- humble similar to
Sense 4 adjective
(especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
broken (or unkept) promises
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Sense 5 adjective
tamed or trained to obey
a horse broken to the saddle
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- tamed similar to
Sense 6 adjective
topographically very uneven
broken terrain
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- ruggedness derivation
- rough similar to
Sense 7 adjective
imperfectly spoken or written
broken English
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- imperfect similar to
Sense 8 adjective
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
troops fleeing in broken ranks
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- disorganized similar to
Sense 9 adjective
weakened and infirm
broken health resulting from alcoholism
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- impaired similar to
Sense 10 adjective
destroyed financially
the broken fortunes of the family
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- destroyed similar to
Sense 11 adjective
out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')
a broken washing machine
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- colloquialism domain usage
- damaged similar to
Sense 12 adjective
discontinuous
broken clouds
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- meteorology domain topic
- distributed similar to
Sense 13 adjective
lacking a part or parts
a broken set of encyclopedia
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- incomplete similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | damaged |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | injured |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | imperfect |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | unsound |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unbroken |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | unity |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | noncontinuous |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unbroken |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | broken-field |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | dashed |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | off-and-ona |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | halting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | downheartedness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | humble |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | kept |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | contract |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | tamed |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruggedness |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | rough |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | imperfect |
| 8 | similar to | Related & opposite | disorganized |
| 9 | similar to | Related & opposite | impaired |
| 10 | similar to | Related & opposite | destroyed |
| 11 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 11 | similar to | Related & opposite | damaged |
| 12 | domain topic | Related & opposite | meteorology |
| 12 | similar to | Related & opposite | distributed |
| 13 | similar to | Related & opposite | incomplete |