Beginner English Daily Reading: Describing a Bad Day

adj

1. physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

e.g. a broken mirror
a broken tooth
a broken leg
his neck is broken

2. (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded

e.g. broken (or unkept) promises
broken contracts

Synonym: unkept

3. not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly

e.g. broken lines of defense
a broken cable transmission
broken sleep
tear off the stub above the broken line
a broken note
broken sobs

4. lacking a part or parts

e.g. a broken set of encyclopedia

5. discontinuous

e.g. broken clouds
broken sunshine

6. out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')

e.g. a broken washing machine
the coke machine is broken
the coke machine is busted

Synonym: busted

7. destroyed financially

e.g. the broken fortunes of the family

Synonym: wiped out(p)impoverished

8. weakened and infirm

e.g. broken health resulting from alcoholism

9. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion

e.g. troops fleeing in broken ranks
a confused mass of papers on the desk
the small disordered room
with everything so upset

Synonym: confuseddisorderedupset

10. imperfectly spoken or written

e.g. broken English

11. subdued or brought low in condition or status

e.g. brought low
a broken man
his broken spirit

Synonym: crushedhumbledhumiliatedlow

12. topographically very uneven

e.g. broken terrain
rugged ground

Synonym: rugged

13. tamed or trained to obey

e.g. a horse broken to the saddle
this old nag is well broken in

Synonym: broken in

adj

1. not caught with the senses or the mind

e.g. words lost in the din

Synonym: lost