Synonyms for broken
- adjective
Most common
shattered cracked damaged broken-down smashed destroyed discontinuous destitute
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Shattered — non-functional; not functioning properly
shattered, cracked, damaged, broken-down, faulty, tore up US, screwed up informal, imperfect, kaput informal, out-of-order, inoperative, knackered informal UK ZA IE, out of whack informal, jacked up, crazy, duff UK, busted slang, borked slang, munted slang AU NZ
2. Smashed — completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed
smashed, destroyed, beaten, undone, defeated, vanquished, wasted, subdued, wrecked slang, licked slang
3. Discontinuous — fragmented; in separate pieces. Interrupted; not continuous
discontinuous, fitful, intermittent, fragmentary, patchy, spasmodic, catchy
Definitions
- adj. 1
Fragmented; in separate pieces. Interrupted; not continuous.
- adj. 2
Non-functional; not functioning properly.
I think my doorbell is broken.
- adj. 3
Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken.
- adj. 4
Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
Related words
- Word family
- broke broken-backed broken-down broken-hearted
- Phrases
- broken heart broken in broken bar broken bones broken pipe broken record broken tail broken vertical bar
- Is a kind of
- deteriorated fragmentary
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In a fractured limb, the ends of the broken bone may be separated, tho both portions are still retained within the common muscular tissue. A shattered object is broken suddenly and in numerous directions; as, a vase is shattered by a blow, a building by an earthquake.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- damaged The house with the damaged roof has been repaired.
- cracked I cannot fill my pitcher with water. It's cracked.
- shattered Yanni's rear window shattered into a million pieces.
- destroyed There are many houses destroyed by the earthquake.
- smashed The jar was smashed to bits when it hit the floor.
By length
- 4 letters
- duff1
- 5 letters
- crazy2, broke1, split1, rough1, skint, kaput
- 6 letters
- beaten2, wasted2, busted2, faulty2, shaken2, catchy2, undone2, licked1, patchy2, fitful2, borked, munted
- 7 letters
- damaged2, cracked1, crushed1, smashed1, wrecked1, subdued2, humbled2
- 8 letters
- defeated3, violated4, bankrupt2, weakened2, impaired2, ruptured2
- 9 letters
- destroyed2, shattered2, imperfect3, fractured2, destitute3, insolvent3, knackered, spasmodic3
- 10 letters
- incomplete3, vanquished2
- 11 letters
- fragmentary4, inoperative5
- 12 letters
- disconnected4, intermittent4, impoverished3
- 13 letters
- discontinuous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (crazy2 = 2 syllables).