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Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places.
Samantha Power

Meaning of "brokenness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BROKENNESS

brokenness  [ˈbrəʊkənnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BROKENNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Brokenness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BROKENNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of brokenness in the English dictionary

The definition of brokenness in the dictionary is the quality of being broken.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BROKENNESS


alienness
ˈeɪlɪənnəs
brazenness
ˈbreɪzənnəs
crestfallenness
ˌkrestˈfɔːlənnəs
crimsonness
ˈkrɪmz ənnəs
fair-spokenness
ˌfeəˈspəʊkənnəs
forsakenness
fəˈseɪkənnəs
free-spokenness
ˌfriːˈspəʊkənnəs
heartbrokenness
ˈhɑːtˌbrəʊkənnəs
heathenness
ˈhiːðənnəs
hiddenness
ˈhɪdənnəs
humanness
ˈhjuːmənnəs
leadenness
ˈledənnəs
mistakenness
mɪˈsteɪkənnəs
modernness
ˈmɒdənnəs
oftenness
ˈɒftənnəs
plainspokenness
ˌpleɪnˈspəʊkənnəs
soddenness
ˈsɒdənnəs
unbrokenness
ʌnˈbrəʊkənnəs
uncertainness
ʌnˈsɜːtənnəs
uncommonness
ʌnˈkɒmənnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BROKENNESS

broken
broken chord
broken consort
Broken Hill
broken lot
broken number
broken reed
broken society
broken vein
broken white line
broken wind
broken-down
broken-winded
brokenhearted
brokenheartedly
brokenheartedness
brokenly
broker
broker-dealer
brokerage

WORDS THAT END LIKE BROKENNESS

betweenness
business
cleanness
commonness
drunkenness
evenness
foreignness
greenness
Guinness
leanness
McGuinness
meanness
openness
plainness
rottenness
sternness
stubbornness
thinness
uncleanness
unevenness
wantonness

Synonyms and antonyms of brokenness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «brokenness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BROKENNESS

Find out the translation of brokenness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of brokenness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «brokenness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

破碎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

quebrantamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

brokenness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

brokenness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الانكسار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сокрушенность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quebrantamento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

brokenness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brisement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pecah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gebrochen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

壊れた感じ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부서짐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gangguan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tan vỡ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நொறுங்கிப்போவதால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तुटलेली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parçalanmışlığın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

brokenness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Złamanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скрушно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

zdrobire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

brokenness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gebrokenheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brokenness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

broken
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of brokenness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BROKENNESS»

The term «brokenness» is regularly used and occupies the 93.088 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BROKENNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about brokenness

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4 QUOTES WITH «BROKENNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word brokenness.
1
Jan Karon
There was a lot of brokenness in my family. Let's just say that I was raised by my grandparents.
2
Ross MacDonald
The Archer novels are about various kinds of brokenness.
3
Rebecca Pidgeon
The Kabbalists say that the holy one of the universe is broken, and that we are extensions of the holy one and carry that brokenness inside of us. Our task is to fix our brokenness and hence the brokenness of the holy one.
4
Samantha Power
Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BROKENNESS»

Discover the use of brokenness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to brokenness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Brokenness: The Heart God Revives
Here is her moving, true account of how God created that brokenness in others--and the astonishing revival that followed.
Nancy Leigh Leigh DeMoss, 2008
2
Brokenness, Surrender, Holiness: A Revive Our Hearts Trilogy
Here is her moving, true account of how God created that brokenness in others-and the astonishing revival that followed. SURRENDER For a Christian, waving the white flag doesn't mean, "I give up!" It means, "Victory at last!
Nancy Leigh Leigh DeMoss, 2008
3
From Brokenness to Community
These lectures, delivered at Harvard University, witness the importance of the meeting between the university of the learned and the university of the poor. From them a deep understanding of true discipleship emerges.
Jean Vanier, 1992
4
A Tale of Three Kings: A Study in Brokenness
This story was turned into a play that has been performed by both professionals on stage and in simple dramas performed in church buildings. ""What do you do when someone throws a spear at you?
Gene Edwards, 2011
5
Tales of Brokenness
In Tales of Brokenness you'll meet this companion, Brokenness, who never forgets her need of mercy, never forgets the grace that flows on her behalf.
Donald F. Nori, 2010
6
A Spirituality for Brokenness: Discovering Your Deepest Self ...
Compassionately guides you through the practicalities of facing and finally accepting brokenness in your life a process that can ultimately bring mending.
Terry Taylor, 2009
7
Pieces of My Brokenness
There you will find healing and deliverance from the heartaches of yesterday. Pieces of My Brokenness will offer you a place where you can, at some point, see yourself and find the way out of a place where there may seem to be none.
Josephine Dejesus, 2012
8
Christian Anthropology: The Nature of the Human Person, ...
One purpose of this volume is to assist Christian healthcare professionals in articulating their assumptions by presenting three perspectives that are explicit, scientifically and theologically informed, internally consistent, and ...
Douglas Schoeninger, Kenneth Fung, Louis Lussier, 2009
9
Waking Up in Heaven: A True Story of Brokenness, Heaven, and ...
She has no memory of the panic and the rushing nurses and the loud cries of “Code Blue.” She simply remembers drifting off. And she remembers waking up in heaven.
Crystal McVea, Alex Tresniowski, 2013
10
The Blessings of Brokenness: Why God Allows Us to Go Through ...
Dr. Charles Stanley helps those who are experiencing hard times by helping them make sense of why God allows us to be broken.
Charles Stanley (personal), 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BROKENNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term brokenness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
I Will Run to the Rock
That said I know that God's grace is sufficient to sustain me in my brokenness, grief, and through the happy, painful, and hard. God quickly ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Exposing Kids to Culture: How Young Is Too Young and How Much …
... this American tragedy on a child who cannot properly process that raw statement of rejection, abandonment, grief, brokenness, and infidelity? «PJ Media, Jul 15»
3
Ex-LPRC Boss Talks Tough
The LPRC ex-boss acknowledged that NOCAL has certainly gone broke, but said the brokenness is as a result of mismanagement. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
Worship service confronts convention's wounds
He named the racial brokenness of his St. Louis community, which came not out of the blue but from hundreds of years of American history. «Mennonite World Review, Jul 15»
5
Breaking the codes
Sansa's rape is a horror, but if we're up to watching a depiction of brokenness as unflinching as Game of Thrones, we need to look it in the face. «The Christian Century, Jul 15»
6
Don Follis: Opening the doorway to inner peace
Since those early-morning discussions back in the day, I have discovered it is virtually impossible to be vulnerable and open about brokenness ... «Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette, Jul 15»
7
Emanuel AME shining the light on the road to real reconciliation
It would be an act of contrition that might enable the white South to begin to fully see its brokenness, to see how far from Christ's calling it has ... «Macon Telegraph, Jul 15»
8
Keegan Theatre reopens with powerful Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (review)
As in all of Williams' work, of course, the characters here wear their brokenness like a seersucker jacket. Brianna Letourneau as Maggie and ... «DC Theatre Scene, Jul 15»
9
John Fountain
And even my brokenness, He has used for my good. That by my own discovery of hope amid hopelessness I should declare to others, similarly stationed in life, ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
10
The Broken Tablets' Eternal Message
The idea of brokenness appears in a number of significant places in Judaism: We sound the shofar with the broken notes of the 'shevarim'; the ... «The Jewish Week, Jul 15»

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