Definition of broken

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• broken is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
• broken is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
• broken is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of broken

• out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken') (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a broken washing machine
  2. the coke machine is broken

  Synonyms

  1. busted
• tamed or trained to obey (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a horse broken to the saddle
  2. this old nag is well broken in

  Synonyms

  1. broken in
• topographically very uneven (adjective)

  Examples

  1. broken terrain

  Synonyms

  1. rugged
• subdued or brought low in condition or status (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a broken man
  2. his broken spirit

  Synonyms

  1. crushed
  2. humbled
  3. humiliated
  4. low
• thrown into a state of disarray or confusion (adjective)

  Examples

  1. troops fleeing in broken ranks

  Synonyms

  1. confused
  2. disordered
  3. upset
• destroyed financially (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the broken fortunes of the family

  Synonyms

  1. impoverished
  2. wiped out
• (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded (adjective)

  Examples

  1. broken (or unkept) promises
  2. broken contracts

  Synonyms

  1. unkept
• discontinuous (adjective)

  Examples

  1. broken clouds
  2. broken sunshine
• imperfectly spoken or written (adjective)

  Examples

  1. broken English
• lacking a part or parts (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a broken set of encyclopedia
• not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly (adjective)

  Examples

  1. broken lines of defense
  2. a broken cable transmission
  3. broken sleep
  4. tear off the stub above the broken line
  5. a broken note
  6. broken sobs
• physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a broken mirror
  2. a broken tooth
  3. a broken leg
  4. his neck is broken
• weakened and infirm (adjective)

  Examples

  1. broken health resulting from alcoholism

See definition of broken in Merriam Webster