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ankrupt, ruined, Colloq on one's beam-ends, on one's uppers,
strapped, flat or dead or stony-broke, hard up, short, up
against it, US flat, on the skids; Slang Brit skint: I was
broke after paying the rent - I didn't even have money for food.
broken adj. 1 fragmented, shattered, shivered, splintered, ruptured,
cracked, split, smashed, pulverized, disintegrated, destroyed,
demolished: A broken Ming vase cannot be worth much. 2
fractured: With a broken leg, she certainly won't be competing
in the slalom. 3 enfeebled, weakened, crushed, defeated,
beaten, ruined; dispirited, dejected, discouraged, demoralized,
defeated, subdued, debilitated, Colloq licked: Rosa's running
away with a sailor left Hugh a broken man. 4 tamed, trained,
disciplined, obedient, docile, domesticated, subdued;
conditioned: What use is a horse that isn't broken? 5
violated, transgressed, disobeyed, contravened, defied,
flouted,disregarded, ignored, infringed: The rules of this club
are broken too often: we'll have to tighten things up. 6
interrupted, disturbed, discontinuous, disjointed, disconnected,
fragmented, fragmentary, intermittent, erratic, sporadic: I
couldn't stop worrying about the operation and had a terrible
night of broken sleep. 7 Also, broken-down. out of order or
commission, not working or functioning, in disrepair, Slang on
the blink, out of kilter, kaput, US on the fritz, out of whack:
My watch is broken. Why waste money repairing that broken-down
car of yours?
broken-hearted
adj. heart-broken, depressed, downhearted, dejected,
devastated, crushed, overwhelmed, heartsick, downcast, upset;
forlorn, sorrowful, disconsolate, inconsolable, grief-stricken,
miserable, wretched, melancholy, heavy-hearted, sad, doleful,
dolorous, woeful, woebegone, gloomy, morose, glum, cheerless,
Colloq down: She was broken-hearted when her puppy was lost.
broker n. stockbroker; agent, dealer, middleman, intermediary,
go-between, Brit stockjobber: I have phoned my broker to tell
him to sell all my shares.
brooch n. clasp, pin; fastening: She was wearing the cameo brooch I
had given to her mother.
brood n. 1 young, offspring, progeny; children, family: A mallard