busted C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈbʌstɪd/ UK /ˈbʌstɪd/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj broken, ruined, or caught in wrongdoing The old radio was busted beyond any repair. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · broken, ruined, or caught... brokenruinedshatteredwreckedcaughtarrestedcollarednabbed ↔ Opposites fixedintactwholerepaired Word family Related forms bustburst Etymology AI details From bust + -ed; bust is a dialectal variant of burst, from Old English berstan ('to break suddenly'), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną. berstan Old English *brestaną Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # busted **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈbʌstɪd/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbʌstɪd/ ## Meanings 1. broken, ruined, or caught in wrongdoing ## Examples - The old radio was busted beyond any repair. ## Synonyms - broken - ruined - shattered - wrecked - caught - arrested - collared - nabbed ## Antonyms - fixed - intact - whole - repaired ## Related Forms - bust - burst ## Roots and Affixes - Root: berstan - Root: *brestaną ## Etymology From bust + -ed; bust is a dialectal variant of burst, from Old English berstan ('to break suddenly'), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną. ## AI Etymology Busted is from bust + -ed; bust is a dialectal variant of burst, from Old English berstan ('to break suddenly'), from Proto-Germanic *brestaną. In present-day use, it means broken, ruined, or caught in wrongdoing. Related vocabulary includes bust and burst. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown