Humpty Dumpty
Irreparably broken ovoid
Humpty Dumpty is the egg-shaped character from a nursery rhyme who falls from a wall and cannot be repaired.
The name applies to anything fragile or precariously positioned, or to something broken beyond restoration: The economy is a Humpty Dumpty that no stimulus package can put together again.
A Humpty Dumpty figure is round or egg-shaped.
Reproductive cell in shell
- anthropomorphismAttributing personality to things
- AliceCommon female name
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- ovalElongated rounded shape
Lewis Carroll · shell · bowtie · bow tie · humanoid · personification · cartoon · mascot
Traditional poem for young children
- Mother GooseImaginary nursery rhyme creator
- verseMetered poetic passage
- children's literatureBooks aimed at youth
- recitationOral delivery from memory
sing-song · bedtime story · folklore · oral tradition · storybook · wall · king's men · sat on a wall
Cannot be fixed
- unfixableCannot be mended
- beyond repairDamaged past restoration
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- brokenDamaged beyond function
permanent · irreversible · hopeless · ruined · futility · lost cause · unrestorable · irrecoverable
Uncontrolled rolling descent
- toppleCause to fall
- plungeSudden steep descent
- crashSudden violent impact
- spillAccidental liquid release
great fall · drop · descend · collapse · slip · off the wall · broken · cracked
Brittle ovum casing
- breakableCapable of shattering
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- brittleLiable to shatter
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
shatterable · crackable · vulnerable · frail · precarious · unstable · teetering · wobbly
egg
Reproductive cell in shell
- anthropomorphismAttributing personality to things
- AliceCommon female name
- illustrationPicture explaining something
Lewis Carroll · oval · shell · bowtie · bow tie · humanoid · personification · cartoon · mascot · Puss in Boots
nursery rhyme
Traditional poem for young children
- Mother GooseImaginary nursery rhyme creator
- verseMetered poetic passage
- children's literatureBooks aimed at youth
recitation · sing-song · bedtime story · folklore · oral tradition · storybook · wall · king's men · sat on a wall · great fall
irreparable
Cannot be fixed
- unfixableCannot be mended
- beyond repairDamaged past restoration
- shatteredBroken into fragments
broken · permanent · irreversible · hopeless · ruined · futility · lost cause · unrestorable · irrecoverable
tumble
Uncontrolled rolling descent
great fall · spill · drop · descend · collapse · slip · off the wall · broken · cracked · splatter
eggshell
Brittle ovum casing
fragile · shatterable · crackable · vulnerable · frail · precarious · unstable · teetering · wobbly
- childhood loretooth fairy, Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, boogeyman, monster under bed
- nursery rhymeslullabies, Little Jack Horner, cradle songs, Old Mother Hubbard, nursery rhymes
- Lewis CarrollJabberwocky, Alice in Wonderland, Cheshire, Queen of Hearts, White Queen
- DC VillainsJoker, Harley Quinn, Two-Face, Riddler, Penguin
- Food BrandsLay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Fritos, Tostitos
- youth magazinesRanger Rick, Teen Vogue, Spider, Muse, Jack and Jill
Humpty Dumptyphoenix
Self-immolating, regenerating bird
Wolverine · rubber ball · Terminator · cockroach · indestructible
Humpty Dumptyphoenix
Self-immolating, regenerating bird
survivor · Lazarus · Jonah · Sleeping Beauty · Snow White
humpty, dumpty, hump, humps, humped, humping, humpy, dump, dumps