| broken arch | an arch with a gap at the apex, the gap is usually filled with some decoration |
| broken heart | devastating sorrow and despair, he is recovering from a broken heart, a broken heart languishes here |
| broken home | a family in which the parents have separated or divorced |
Richard I
Richard Coeur de Lion
Richard the Lionheart
Richard the Lion-Hearted | son of Henry II and King of England from to , a leader of the Third Crusade, on his way home from the crusade he was captured and held prisoner in the Holy Roman Empire until England ransomed him in (-) |
heaves
broken wind | a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks |
faint
fainthearted
timid
faint-hearted | lacking conviction or boldness or courage, faint heart ne'er won fair lady |
| broken | physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split, a broken mirror, a broken tooth, a broken leg, his neck is broken |
| broken unkept | (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded, broken (or unkept) promises, broken contracts |
| broken | not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly, broken lines of defense, a broken cable transmission, broken sleep, tear off the stub above the broken line, a broken note, broken sobs |
| broken-field | varying in direction suddenly and frequently, broken-field running |
blithe
blithesome
lighthearted
lightsome
light-hearted | carefree and happy and lighthearted, was loved for her blithe spirit, a merry blithesome nature, her lighthearted nature, trilling songs with a lightsome heart |
| broken | lacking a part or parts, a broken set of encyclopedia |
broken-backed
hogged | (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end |
| broken | discontinuous, broken clouds, broken sunshine |
bedraggled
broken-down
derelict
dilapidated
ramshackle
tatterdemalion tumble-down | in deplorable condition, a street of bedraggled tenements, a broken-down fence, a ramshackle old pier, a tumble-down shack |
broken
busted | out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'), a broken washing machine, the coke machine is broken, the coke machine is busted |
| broken-backed | having the spine damaged, a broken-backed book, a broken-backed old horse |
broken
wiped out(p) impoverished | destroyed financially, the broken fortunes of the family |
halfhearted
half-hearted
tepid
lukewarm | feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm, a halfhearted effort, gave only lukewarm support to the candidate |
| broken-backed | (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth |
| broken | weakened and infirm, broken health resulting from alcoholism |
charitable
benevolent
kindly
sympathetic
good-hearted
openhearted
large-hearted | showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity, was charitable in his opinions of others, kindly criticism, a kindly act, sympathetic words, a large-hearted mentor |
kindhearted
kind-hearted | having or proceeding from an innately kind disposition, a generous and kindhearted teacher |
broken
confused
disordered
upset | thrown into a state of disarray or confusion, troops fleeing in broken ranks, a confused mass of papers on the desk, the small disordered room, with everything so upset |
| broken | imperfectly spoken or written, broken English |
broken
crushed
humbled
humiliated
low | subdued or brought low in condition or status, brought low, a broken man, his broken spirit |
| broken-down | not in working order, had to push the broken-down car, a broken-down tractor fit only for children to play on |
broken
rugged | topographically very uneven, broken terrain, rugged ground |
broken
broken in | tamed or trained to obey, a horse broken to the saddle, this old nag is well broken in |