brokenness
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈbroʊkənnəs/
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- Many people experience emotional brokenness after a significant loss or trauma.
- heal their brokenness
- human brokenness
- personal brokenness
And this is going to set you on a path of more brokenness and damage.
- And this is going to set you on a path of more brokenness and damage.
- Well, what do you want? Do you want the broken people to rise up out of their brokenness
- So, you know, but you have been so open about your own journey of, of mistakes, brokenness, struggling with addiction.
- And, you know, and I was there and everyone knew me, but I, I, I started to sense then that my brokenness was becoming apparent.
- And so I've really gravitated toward other people who have had that experience of brokenness.
- But my story of, of my pain and brokenness would lead to, you know, a transformation that would be able to help so many.
- Every hardcore right wing Christian that I ever meet, right beneath the surface, they're full of this trauma and brokenness and indoctrination.
- But for me, yeah, the the brokenness of the.
- It it, it touches on the faith, but it touches on the brokenness of Michael.
- And I'm like, holy smokes, talk about fear, talk about brokenness.
Examples
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So despite the rules being rigged, despite the fact that the system has all kinds of brokenness in it, you should hold yourself to a higher standard than that.
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May we not allow the overwhelming brokenness of the world to paralyze us.
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And this is going to set you on a path of more brokenness and damage.
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We can actually make the brokenness our identity, our way to seek attention.
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Sin and brokenness fill our relationships with one another.
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I cannot begin to imagine the ache your heart feels for the brokenness of your family.
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If you are in a season of experiencing pain and brokenness, I encourage you to read Ashley's words.
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But this isn't heaven; everything is broken, and sin is the cause of the brokenness.
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The desert's silent immensity is able to absorb every grief and anxiety, all the fears and brokenness we are able to pour into it.
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And at the point where the world begins to crack, where brokenness and disorientation suddenly overtake us, there we step into the wide, silent plains of a desert we had never known to exist.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
171
5.4
A deep hurt to a person's feelings or pride
149
1.0
A feeling of emotional or physical pain
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3.9
A very strong sadness after losing someone you love
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3.4
Deep sadness and pain you feel after losing or being rejected by someone you love
Experiencing lasting emotional harm after frightening or violent events
Deep sadness after losing someone you love
A state of being broken or left in ruins after it has collapsed
Antonyms
How Broken
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Brokenness comes from broken and the ending -ness, where break means 'to break' or 'to damage' and -ness means 'state'. Think of a broken chair or a body that is hurt, so brokenness is the 'state of being broken' used for damage, pain, or feeling incomplete.