catflap.org Online Dictionary Query

  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]

  Broken-backed \Bro"ken-backed`\, a.
     1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at
        each end; -- said of a ship. --Totten.
        [1913 Webster]

  Broken-backed \Bro"ken-backed`\, a.
     1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
  
     2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at
        each end; -- said of a ship. --Totten.

  broken-backed
       adj 1: having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a
              broken-backed old horse"
       2: (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony
          growth
       3: (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end [syn: hogged]

  broken-backed
     a.
     1 Having a broken back.
     2 (lb en nautical of a ship) drooping at each end because of a
  damaged spine.
     3 decrepit, weakened.
     4 (lb en military) Of a war or warfare: continuing after the main
  force has been destroyed or significantly weakened, for example after a
  devastating nuclear strike.

  broken-backed
     a.
     1 Having a broken back.
     2 (lb en nautical of a ship) drooping at each end because of a
  damaged spine.
     3 decrepit, weakened.
     4 (lb en military) Of a war or warfare: continuing after the main
  force has been destroyed or significantly weakened, for example after a
  devastating nuclear strike.

  broken-backed
     a.
     1 Having a broken back.
     2 (lb en nautical of a ship) drooping at each end because of a
  damaged spine.
     3 decrepit, weakened.
     4 (lb en military) Of a war or warfare: continuing after the main
  force has been destroyed or significantly weakened, for example after a
  devastating nuclear strike.

  broken-backed
     a.
     1 Having a broken back.
     2 (lb en nautical of a ship) drooping at each end because of a
  damaged spine.
     3 decrepit, weakened.
     4 (lb en military) Of a war or warfare: continuing after the main
  force has been destroyed or significantly weakened, for example after a
  devastating nuclear strike.