Definitions:

1. destroyed financially adjective
   • We were broken by the abrupt stock market downturn.
2. having been violated or disregarded, especially of promises or contracts adjective
   • The doomed relationship was littered with broken promises.
3. imperfectly spoken or written adjective
   • I spoke broken Spanish all over Mexico but they seemed to understand me for the most part.
4. lacking a part or parts adjective
   • My set is broken since I lost the third volume.
5. not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly adjective
   • Broken lines of defense led to our demise.
6. out of working order adjective
   • My phone is broken.
7. physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split adjective
   • A broken mirror is said to be bad luck for the one who broke it.
8. subdued or brought low in condition or status adjective
   • The former CEO was now broken, alone and penniless.
9. tamed or trained to obey adjective
   • That horse is broken.
10. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion adjective
    • Troops fled hastily in broken ranks.
11. topographically very uneven adjective
    • The broken terrain was difficult to hike across.
12. weakened and infirm adjective
    • The patient's health is broken due to many years of neglect.

Synonyms:

• broken in
• busted
• confused
• impoverished
• low
• rugged
• unkept
• wiped out

NearBy Words:

• broken-backed
• broken-down
• broken-field
• brokenhearted
• brokenheartedness