4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj. 1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite of {undamaged}. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled, dented}; {blasted, rent, ripped, torn}; {broken-backed}; {burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst, ruptured}; {corroded}; {cracked, crackled, crazed}; {defaced, marred}; {hurt, weakened}; {knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out}; {mangled, mutilated}; {peeling}; {scraped, scratched}; {storm-beaten}] Also See {blemished}, {broken}, {damaged}, {destroyed}, {impaired}, {injured}, {unsound}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some part, or by breaking. Opposite of {unbroken}. [Narrower terms: {busted}; {chipped}; {cracked}; {crumbled, fragmented}; {crushed, ground}; {dissolved}; {fractured}; {shattered, smashed, splintered}; {split}; {unkept, violated}] Also See: {damaged}, {imperfect}, {injured}, {unsound}. Syn: broken. [WordNet 1.5] 3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged reputation. Syn: discredited. [WordNet 1.5] 4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as, the senator's seriously damaged reputation. Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished. [WordNet 1.5] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: busted \busted\ adj. 1. Inoperable due to damage; broken; -- of a machine; as, the coke machine is busted. [informal] [WordNet 1.5] 2. Arrested for committing a crime; -- of a person; as, the rock star was busted for coke possession.. [informal] [PJC] 3. [predicate] same as {demoted}; -- said especially of military rank, and often folowed by to; as, he was busted to corporal for being AWOL. [PJC] 4. [predicate] same as {exhausted}; -- of people. [PJC] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: busted adj 1: (used informally especially of bones) fractured; "my arm is busted"; "I got my head busted in the fight"; "can't play with a busted baseball bat" 2: suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure (`busted' is an informal term for `burst'); "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; "a busted balloon" [syn: {burst}, {ruptured}] 3: out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted" [syn: {broken}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 56 Moby Thesaurus words for "busted": aggravated, bankrupt, beat, broke, broken, burned, burst, checked, chipped, cracked, crazed, cut, damaged, destitute, deteriorated, embittered, exacerbated, failed, flat, flat broke, harmed, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces, in receivership, in shards, injured, insolvent, irritated, lacerated, mangled, mutilated, on the rocks, oofless, rent, ruined, ruptured, scalded, scorched, shattered, slashed, slit, smashed, split, sprung, stone-broke, stony, strapped, the worse for, torn, weakened, worse, worse off, worsened
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