broken

v.
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.
4. 1. Incomplete: a broken set of books.
   2. Being in a state of disarray; disordered: troops fleeing in broken ranks.
5. 1. Intermittently stopping and starting; discontinuous: a broken cable transmission.
   2. Varying abruptly, as in pitch: broken sobs.
   3. Spoken with gaps and errors: broken English.
6. Topographically rough; uneven: broken terrain.
7. 1. Subdued totally; humbled: a broken spirit.
   2. 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.

brokenly bro'ken·ly adv.
brokenness bro'ken·ness n.

adj

Definition: destroyed; made into pieces from a whole
Antonyms: complete, connected, fixed, ok, unbroken, whole

adj

Definition: discontinuous
Antonyms: complete, connected, continuous, unbroken

adj

Definition: forgotten, ignored (promise)
Antonyms: kept

adj

Definition: mentally defeated
Antonyms: happy, satisfied, uplifted

adj

Definition: not working
Antonyms: fixed, unbroken, working

adj

Definition: stuttering in speech
Antonyms: continuous, flowing

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1. Not working according to design (of programs). This is the mainstream sense.

2. Improperly designed, This sense carries a more or less disparaging implication that the designer should have known better, while sense 1 doesn't necessarily assign blame. Which of senses 1 or 2 is intended is conveyed by context and nonverbal cues.

3. Behaving strangely; especially (when used of people) exhibiting extreme depression.

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Signifies interruption of an element, such as broken arch (usually segmental with its centre filled by a carved motif), broken ashlar (random masonry laid in irregular courses), broken column (with the shaft broken off, symbolizing death, a recurring theme in commemorative art), broken pediment (see pediment), and broken rangework (masonry laid in courses but with blocks of different heights, thus breaking the horizontal joints).

IN BRIEF: Suddenly separated into parts.

They saw that the seal of the letter had been broken.

The state of brokenness can be used to symbolize everything from poverty ("broke") to forcible entry (a "break-in") to fundamental damage ("broken down") to emotional abandonment (as in having one's heart "broken"). Breaking may also have positive connotations, as when one breaks open the seal on a letter or the packaging of a gift or a new purchase. Any one of these connotations might be indicated, and thus brokenness must be interpreted in the larger context of the dream.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - i stykker, itu, brækket

idioms:

• broken home    opløst familie
• broken reed    knækket rør

Nederlands (Dutch)
kapot, gebroken, terneergeslagen, gebarsten, getemd

Français (French)
adj. - cassé, brisé, fracturé, enfoncé (une côte), (fig) rompu, violé (une promesse), manqué (un rendez-vous), (Ling) diphtongué, (Comm) dépareillé (un article), désuni (un mariage), délabré/affaibli (la santé), abattu (l'esprit), ruiné, perdu (de réputation)

idioms:

• broken home    foyer brisé
• broken reed    personne sur laquelle on ne peut pas compter

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kaputt, zerbrochen, gezähmt

idioms:

• broken home    zerrüttete Familienverhältnisse
• broken reed    unzuverlässig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σπασμένος, διαλυμένος, κομματιασμένος, χαλασμένος, εκτός λειτουργίας, καταβεβλημένος, εξουθενωμένος, τσακισμένος, αθετημένος

idioms:

• broken home    διαλυμένο σπίτι
• broken reed    σαθρό στήριγμα, καμένο χαρτί

Italiano (Italian)
rotto, addomesticato

idioms:

• broken home    famiglia spezzata

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - quebrado

idioms:

• broken home    lar (m) afetado pela separação do casal

Русский (Russian)
сломанный, сломленный

idioms:

• broken home    распавшаяся семья

Español (Spanish)
adj. - roto, hecho pedazos, domado, domesticado

idioms:

• broken home    hogar destruido
• broken reed    persona ineficaz o inepta

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bruten, nedbruten, ruinerad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
坏掉的, 断掉的, 打破的

idioms:

• broken home    破裂的家庭
• broken reed    难依靠的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 壞掉的, 斷掉的, 打破的

idioms:

• broken home    破裂的家庭
• broken reed    難依靠的人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 깨진 , 어중간한, 단속 적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 壊れた, 破れた, 破棄された, 破産した, 破綻した, 崩壊した, 断続的な, 半端の, 衰弱した, でこぼこの

idioms:

• broken heart    失意, 失恋
• broken home    欠損家庭
• broken reed    折れた葦

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مكسور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רצוץ, הרוס, שבור‬

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