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Synonyms for brittle
ˈbrɪt lbrit·tle
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Princeton's WordNet
brittle, toffee, toffyadjective
caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
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tempered, warmhearted, unbreakable, treated, hardened, toughenedbrittle, brickle, bricklyadjective
having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
"brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"
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brickly, unannealed, brickleAntonyms:
unbreakable, treated, toughened, warmhearted, tempered, hardenedbrittleadjective
lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
"a brittle and calculating woman"
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brickly, unannealed, brickleAntonyms:
toughened, treated, warmhearted, unbreakable, tempered, hardenedbrittle, unannealedadjective
(of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
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brickly, unannealed, brickleAntonyms:
unbreakable, toughened, warmhearted, hardened, tempered, treated
Dictionary of English Synonymes
brittleadjective
Synonyms:
fragile, crumbling, shivery, frail, frangible, BRASH, easily broken (into pieces), easily shivered
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#14236 | fragile | |
#28282 | brittle | |
#32523 | frail | |
#39887 | toffee | |
#92897 | friable |
How to use brittle in a sentence?
From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.
It's had about a thousand lives in it, some brittle and cold, others quaint and lively. The wallpaper's peeling and the pipes are rusting. The shingles are breaking away, falling to ancient earth but the hearth still smells of warm breakfast, eggs sizzling in their beds, toast crisp with strains of raspberry jam, griddlecakes tanning themselves, milk being topped off. Somewhere there is a rumbling, a truck bearing gifts of furniture, a car with parents cooing to their young and calming the family pets as they speed on to their destination.
If a man sees a woman as brittle, he may love her with a sense of extra burden.
Meditation... disolves the mind. It erases itself. Throws the ego out on its big brittle ass.
You'd have to be pretty brittle and pretty sick if a blanket's going to stop your breathing.
Translations for brittle
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- هشArabic
- трошлив, чувствителен, крехък, обидчив, чупливBulgarian
- fràgil, trencadísCatalan, Valencian
- přecitlivělý, citlivý, křehký, lámavýCzech
- skøreDanish
- mürbe, brüchig, bröckelig, morsch, spröde, Krokant, kühl, reizbarGerman
- εύθραυστοςGreek
- frágil, quebradizo, crocante, friableSpanish
- herkkä, herkkätunteinen, hauras, hapero, krokanttiFinnish
- croquant, fragileFrench
- so-vrisheyManx
- grillázsHungarian
- brothættIcelandic
- fragileItalian
- kōtihetihe, of timberMāori
- bros, breekbaarDutch
- sprøNorwegian
- kruchyPolish
- хрупкий, уязвимый, беззащитный, обидчивый, ломкий, чувствительныйRussian
- giònVietnamese
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