brokenness
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- noun
- /ˈbroʊkənnəs/
- Many people experience emotional brokenness after a significant loss or trauma.
- heal their brokenness
- human brokenness
- personal brokenness
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Watch on YouTubeAnd 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.
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Synonyms
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A feeling of emotional or physical pain
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Deep sadness and pain you feel after losing or being rejected by someone you love
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A very strong sadness after losing someone you love
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A deep hurt to a person's feelings or pride
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Experiencing lasting emotional harm after frightening or violent events
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Deep sadness after losing someone you love
A state of being broken or left in ruins after it has collapsed
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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.