Clues for the word "BROKEN"
We've had 39 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 47 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on March 12, 2025.
Definition of broken
- p. p. - of Break
- v. t. - Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.
- v. t. - Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.
- v. t. - Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.
- v. t. - Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.
- v. t. - Subdued; humbled; contrite.
- v. t. - Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
- v. t. - Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
- v. t. - Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.
- v. t. - Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.
- v. t. - Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting.
Referring Clues
- Kaput
- Suitable to be ridden, as a horse
- Gone to pieces?
- In need of a fix
- Needing fixing
- Malfunctioning
- Out of order
- Word before arrow or heart
- Shattered
- On the blink
- "___ Arrow" (Travolta film)
- With 40-Across, repeat offender? ... or something found, literally, in four rows in this puzzle
- Not in working order
- In pieces
- In need of a good fixing
- On the fritz
- With 49-Across, it keeps repeating itself ... and, based on the first and last letters, an apt description of each answer to a starred clue
- Damaged gun's alright internally
- Defective
- Out of order, like 15 in rows and columns here
- Fractured
- Shattered, perhaps emotionally
- Discontinued, as may be borne out around the week-end
- Bust
- Defective gun's all right inside
- Defeated by gun just loaded
- Like speech uttered in halting way, as no word should be
- Out of money with number not working
- Bust of Comrade Livingstone?
- Tamed, all right, when flanked by gun
- Brother Kenneth's little bust
- Fractured or smashed
- Not working
- Busted
- Fractured, smashed
- Damaged, but OK in a gun
- Rob's upset over Ken being ruined!
- Damaged
- Badly damaged, a gun is out for good
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - March 12, 2025
- USA Today - November 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - June 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 29, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - March 10, 2024
- Daily Quick - March 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - February 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 03, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - October 12, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 30, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - March 12, 2023
- LA Times - July 26, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - January 18, 2018
- Daily Cryptic - October 12, 2017
- LA Times - October 04, 2017
- Universal - August 29, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 26, 2016
- Guardian Cryptic - April 28, 2016
- New York Times - July 20, 2015
- Guardian Quick - May 14, 2015
- Universal - March 14, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 20, 2014
- New York Times - November 12, 2014
- Guardian Quick - September 09, 2014
- Universal - June 10, 2013
- LA Times - March 24, 2013
- Guardian Quick - March 19, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - August 30, 2011
- Guardian Quiptic - July 18, 2011
- And in 17 more crossword puzzles...