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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?
Meditation... disolves the mind. It erases itself. Throws the ego out on its big brittle ass.
We believe that global growth is still too low, too brittle and too lopsided.
Think of like a Milky Way bar or a Mars bar, its where the chocolate and caramel touch, that depth, you can treat that as the thickness of the brittle, rigid layer.
If a man sees a woman as brittle, he may love her with a sense of extra burden.
Peace is brittle and a big burden on our shoulders so we need ... concrete help from the European Union and the European Commission, we can get more support together than on our own, to maximize the gains for our peoples.
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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