Brittle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Likely to break, snap, or crack, as when subjected to pressure: brittle bones.
  • adj. Easily damaged or disrupted; fragile: a brittle friendship. See Synonyms at fragile.
  • adj. Difficult to deal with; snappish: a brittle disposition.
  • adj. Lacking warmth of feeling; cold: a reputation for being brittle and aloof.
  • adj. Brilliantly sharp, as in percussive sound.
  • adj. Perishable.
  • adj. Fleeting; transitory.
  • n. A confection of caramelized sugar to which nuts are added: walnut brittle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure.
  • adj. Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
  • adj. Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
  • adj. Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
  • n. A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
  • n. Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 1. Fickle; changeable.
  • Breaking easily and suddenly with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
  • Figuratively, easily destroyed; perishable; fleeting.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
  • adj. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
  • adj. lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
  • adj. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
  • Equivalent
    Antonym
    strong    flexible    unbreakable   
    Verb Form
    brittles   
    Cross Reference
    crumbly    brittle silver ore    short    break    breakable   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fragile    weak    breakable    frail    brickle    bruckle    brash    delicate    short    crisp   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    acquittal    belittle    bittle    committal    kittel    kittle    knittle    little    noncommittal    pittle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fragile    crisp    thin    spin-dry    metallic    char    slippery    porous    glassy    elastic