broken

Meaning

past participle of break

broken

torn

break

split

shattered

damaged

ruined

cracked

crushed

smashed

divided

interrupted

kaput

fractured

destroyed

violated

out of order

defective

rent

not working

busted

intermittent

fragmentary

discontinuous

upset

rugged

corrupt

bad

spoiled

separated

dilapidated

ramshackle

rickety

shabby

tumbledown

worn-out

disordered

chopped

burst

broken-down

disrupted

bent

snap

cleft

severed

disconnected

incomplete

imperfect

hurt

injured

wounded

faltering

cut

unkept

impoverished

wiped out

confused

humbled

humiliated

low

broken in

bankrupt

faulty

ruptured

damage

destruction

failure

cracking

fracture

crack

in pieces

unrepaired

weak

ragged

tattered

smash into pieces

non-functional

battered

in bits

tremble

tooth

patchy

scrappy

bitten

deformed

mangled

split into two

torn asunder

dis-ordered

deranged

riven

ground

rent asunder

trained

miscreant

tainted

unplayable

frayed

needy

twisted

moneyless

penniless

opened

shattering

breakdown

decompose

destroy

destructive

excision

fail

shatter

wreck

breaking

comminution

crushing

fragmenting

abruption

breakage

disruption

disruptive

ecphlysis

rhegma

rupture

hogged

become

inoperable

broken off

be broken

cut through

broken up

in disorder

piece

forced

split in two

beat

tamed

bruised

trampled

frustrated

be dismayed

in half

in two

bust

fucked-up

dead

out of whack

spread

bum

deplorable

ill

lame

off

offensive

regrettable

too bad

tough

unfortunate

unhappy

unprepossessing

unpresentable

unretentive

unsavory

unsavoury

fragmental

halting

noncontinuous

telegraphic

afflicted

brokenhearted

stricken

deficient

inadequate

lacking

meagre

porous

scanty

unblessed

unenlightening

unilluminating

wanting

cragged

jagged

rimose

rough

scabrous

scratchy

chip

defeated

chipped

cut short

break down

disturbed

give way

breached

penetrated

crumbled

splintered

extraordinary

outrageous

broken down

crashed

crumble

decayed

fall apart

no good

done in

worn out

fracted

debruised

melted

emptied

spilled

split open

trifling

trivial

perforated

pierced

erroneous

mistaken

unsound

broke

impecunious

tapped out

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɹoʊ.kɪn/

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.

Cognate with Dutch

gebroken

Cognate with German

gebrochen

New

break

1. To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
2. To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
3. To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
4. To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
5. To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
6. To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
7. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
8. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
9. To ruin financially.
10. (obsolete) To fail in business; to go broke, to become bankrupt.
11. Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
12. To violate; to fail to adhere to.
13. To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
14. To end.
15. To begin or end.
16. To arrive.
17. (slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
18. To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
19. To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
20. To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
21. To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
22. To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
23. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
24. To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
25. To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
26. To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
27. To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
28. To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
29. To become audible suddenly.
30. To change a steady state abruptly.
31. To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
32. (informal) To suddenly become.
33. To become deeper at puberty.
34. To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
35. To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
36. To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
37. To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
38. To remove one of the two men on (a point).
39. To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
40. To end (a connection); to disconnect.
41. To demulsify.
42. To counter-attack.
43. (obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
44. To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
45. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
46. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
47. To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
48. To fall out; to terminate friendship.
49. To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
50. To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
51. To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.