brokenness
破裂,破碎,失恋,断裂
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Definitions
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- : past participle of break.
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- : reduced to fragments; fragmented.
- : ruptured; torn; fractured.
- : not functioning properly; out of working order.
- : Meteorology. being more than half, but not totally, covered by clouds.Compare scattered.
- : changing direction abruptly: The fox ran in a broken line.
- : fragmentary or incomplete: a broken ton of coal weighing 1,500 pounds.
- : infringed or violated: A broken promise is a betrayal of trust.
- : interrupted, disrupted, or disconnected: After the phone call he returned to his broken sleep.
- : weakened in strength, spirit, etc.: His broken health was due to alcoholism.
- : tamed, trained, or reduced to submission: The horse was broken to the saddle.
- : imperfectly spoken, as language: She still speaks broken English.
- : spoken in a halting or fragmentary manner, as under emotional strain: He uttered a few broken words of sorrow.
- : split apart; not intact: a broken marriage. disunited or divided by the prolonged or permanent absence of a parent, usually due to divorce or desertion:a child from a broken home; broken families.
- : not smooth; rough or irregular: We left the plains and rode through broken country.
- : ruined; bankrupt: the broken fortunes of his family.
- : Papermaking, Printing. a quantity of paper of less than 500 or 1000 sheets.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Shoppers may prefer pristine surroundings, but cracked walls and broken windows tell more compelling stories.
Over the next few years, working on both sides of the Atlantic, Jerolmack and the rest of the team started plotting where real examples of broken rocks fell within Domokos’ framework.
Josh Elman, the famous tech investor, complained about a broken dryer back in April, and asked the Twitter hive mind whether he should get a new one or go through the pain of fixing it.
For a team trying to win a broken NFC East and figure out who will be its quarterback for the next few years, he is an unknown.
Grievous errors in the line of duty were laced with empathy for a broken officer.
And yet, her own brokenness over her failures is written in such a way that the audience is implicated in them.
The brokenness of the political system drives the former, and helplessness drives the latter.
There is a brokenness in the utterance which makes it difficult to translate, but which is touchingly natural.
The foolishness would not be so noticeable if the Brokenness were not so hideous and genuine and actual and matter-of-course.
Conscious weakness, as a preparation for service, is one thing: brokenness is another.
Our brokenness and openness must be two-way, horizontal as well as vertical, with one another as with God.
In order to break our wills to His, God brings us to the foot of the Cross and there shows us what real brokenness is.