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broken

/ˈbrəʊk(ə)n/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈbrəʊk(ə)n/

broken

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

bro - ken -> broken

Myanmar meaning

(v[pp]) ကျိုးခဲ့ပြီး (adj) ကွနေ

Full entry

broken¹ pp of BREAK

broken² /'brǝƱkǝn/ adj

၁။ ကျိုးနေသော။ ကွဲနေသော။ (စက်) ပျက်နေသော။ a broken cup/glass/window ❍ a broken leg/arm ❍ a broken radio/camera. ❍ CHIP¹
၂။ တစ်ဆက် တည်း မဟုတ်၊ ပြတ်တောင်းပြတ်တောင်း ဖြစ်သော။ broken sleep ❍ broken sunshine.
၃။ ပျက်ပြားသွားသော။ a broken promise ❍ a broken marriage အိမ်ထောင်ပျက်။
၄။ ချည့်နဲ့ သွားသော။ ချုံးကျသွားသော။ He was a broken man after the failure of his business.
၅။ မတောက်တခေါက်လောက် သာ ပြောတတ်သော။ speak in broken English.
၆။ ခယောင်း (တော)။ an area of broken, rocky ground.
❏ broken- down adj အိုနာကျိုးကန်း။ a broken-down old car/man/horse.
❏ broken-hearted adj ပူဆွေးသောက ရောက်နေသော။ အသည်းကွဲသော။ He was broken-hearted when his wife died. Compare HEARTBROKEN
❏ broken home n မိဘနှစ်ပါးကွဲသွားသော အိမ်ထောင်။ အိမ်ထောင်ပျက်။ He comes from a broken home.
❏ a broken reed [IDM ] [ဥ] မျောက်ချိုးဝါး။

More examples

He had several broken ribs and a suspected broken leg.
Nearly all the houses had broken windows.
Be careful not to step on the broken glass.
Fill the bottom of the dish with broken biscuits.
A broken fingernail
You can’t use the microwave – it’s broken.
He’s mended that broken clock.
Her husband died, and she died soon afterwards of a broken heart.
He referred to his country as the land of broken dreams.
A string of broken promises
[broken marriages] : I’d had two broken marriages by the time I was 30.
A broken engagement
A broken line

Synonyms

out of order, broken down, not working, busted, kaput, conked out, wrecked, had it, abandoned, beaten, broken-down, browbeaten, burst, bust, collapsed, coming unglued, coming unstuck, conked-out, cracked, crippled, crumbled, crushed, damaged, defeated, defective, dejected, demolished, demoralized, depressed, destroyed, disabled, disconnected, discontinuous, discouraged, disheartened, dishonored, disintegrated, disjointed, dismembered, disobeyed, dispirited, disregarded, disturbed, down, erratic, exhausted, fallen apart, faulty, feeble, forgotten, fractured, fragmentary, fragmented, gone, gone to pieces, gone to pot, halting, haywire, heartsick, hesitant, hesitating, humbled, hurt, ignored, ignored (promise), imperfect, in disrepair, in need of repair, in pieces, in the shop, incoherent, incomplete, infringed, injured, inoperable, inoperative, intermittent, interrupted, irregular, isolated, licked, malfunctioning, mangled, mentally defeated, mumbled, mutilated, muttered, not functioning, on the blink, on the fritz, on the shelf, oppressed, out, out of commission, out of kilter, out of whack, overpowered, pulverized, rent, retracted, riven, ruined, run-down, ruptured, screwed up, separated, severed, shattered, shivered, shot, shredded, slivered, smashed, spasmodic, spastic, spent, split, stammering, subdued, tamed, traduced, transgressed, unintelligible, unsatisfactory, vanquished, violated, weak, without hope, worn-out, wracked

Antonyms

OK, complete, connected, continuous, continuously, encouraged, fixed, flowing, happy, intact, kept, perfect, regulars, repaired, running, satisfied, saved, solids, successively, triumphant, unbroken, unintermittedly, uninterruptedly, uplifted, whole, working

Cross references

out of order broken down not working busted kaput conked out wrecked had it abandoned beaten broken-down browbeaten burst bust collapsed coming unglued coming unstuck conked-out cracked crippled crumbled crushed damaged defeated defective dejected demolished demoralized

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