broken

broken
adjective
1)

a broken bottle

Syn:
smashed, shattered, fragmented, splintered, crushed, snapped; in bits, in pieces; destroyed, disintegrated; cracked, split; informal in smithereens
Ant:
whole
2)

a broken arm

Syn:
fractured, damaged, injured
3)

this TV's broken

Syn:
inoperative, not working, malfunctioning, faulty, defective, in disrepair, damaged, out of order, broken-down, down; informal on the blink, on the fritz, kaput, bust, busted, conked out, acting up, done for
Ant:
working, fixed
4)

broken skin

Syn:
cut, ruptured, punctured, perforated
5)

a broken marriage

Syn:
failed, ended
6)

broken promises

Syn:
flouted, violated, infringed, contravened, disregarded, ignored, unkept
Ant:
kept, honored
7)

he was left a broken man

Syn:
defeated, beaten, subdued; demoralized, dispirited, discouraged, crushed, humbled; dishonored, ruined
8)

a night of broken sleep

Syn:
interrupted, disturbed, fitful, disrupted, discontinuous, intermittent, unsettled, troubled
Ant:
uninterrupted
9)

he pressed on over the broken ground

Syn:
uneven, rough, irregular, bumpy; rutted, pitted
Ant:
smooth
10)

she spoke in broken English

Syn:
halting, hesitating, disjointed, faltering, imperfect
Ant:
perfect

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