Broken vs. Humbled

Past participle of break.

Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful.

Forcibly separated into two or more pieces; fractured

Showing deferential or submissive respect

Sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion of a parent or parents

Low in rank, quality, or station; unpretentious or lowly

Having been violated

To cause to feel humble

Incomplete

To cause to have a lower condition or status; abase.

Being in a state of disarray; disordered

(proscribed) (usually qualifying a first-person pronoun) Grateful for the support of others, touched; honored, flattered.

Intermittently stopping and starting; discontinuous

Overcome with humility; in awe of the strength of another or one's own weakness

Varying abruptly, as in pitch

simple past tense and past participle of humble

Spoken with gaps and errors

subdued or brought low in condition or status;

Topographically rough; uneven

Subdued totally; humbled

Weakened and infirm

Crushed by grief

Financially ruined; bankrupt.

Not functioning; out of order

inflection of break

; in separate pieces.

; having the bone in pieces.

(of skin) split or ruptured.

; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.

(of sleep) interrupted; not continuous.

Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.

Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.

Breached; violated; not kept.

; not functioning properly.

Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.

Badly designed or implemented.

(of language) Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.

Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.

Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.

Having no money; bankrupt, broke.

(of land) Uneven.

Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.

Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.

Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.

Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.

Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.

Subdued; humbled; contrite.

Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.

Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.

Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.

Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.

Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting.

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; or legally or emotionally destroyed;

not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly;

subdued or brought low in condition or status;

(especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded;

tamed or trained to obey;

topographically very uneven;

imperfectly spoken or written;

thrown into a state of disarray or confusion;

weakened and infirm;

destroyed financially;

out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken');

discontinuous;

lacking a part or parts;