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Synonyms for fragile
ˈfrædʒ əl; Brit. -aɪlfrag·ile
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delicate, fragile, frailadjective
easily broken or damaged or destroyed
"a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
Synonyms:
delicate, slight, fallible, imperfect, tenuous, ticklish, soft, touchy, frail, thin, flimsy, weak, finespunAntonyms:
significant, rugged, unbreakable, importantfragileadjective
vulnerably delicate
"she has the fragile beauty of youth"
Synonyms:
frail, tenuous, thin, flimsy, delicate, slightAntonyms:
important, significant, rugged, unbreakableflimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thinadjective
lacking substance or significance
"slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame"
Synonyms:
slender, delicate, slight, sparse, slim, tenuous, lean, frail, thin, flimsy, little(a), svelte, unconvincingAntonyms:
unbreakable, rugged, significant, important
Editors Contribution
poppable
something that is poppable is also fragile
the bubble is fragile.
Submitted by acronimous on July 4, 2018
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2052 | soft | |
#3826 | sensitive | |
#4320 | ill | |
#4349 | thin | |
#4358 | sick | |
#4981 | weak | |
#6310 | slim | |
#7474 | vulnerable | |
#7516 | slight | |
#7827 | worn | |
#8215 | failing | |
#8525 | lean | |
#10488 | unstable | |
#11658 | delicate | |
#12442 | wasted | |
#12828 | volatile | |
#14236 | fragile | |
#14778 | exhausted | |
#19025 | sparse | |
#19918 | slender | |
#20069 | insecure | |
#21090 | imperfect | |
#23834 | unhealthy | |
#28282 | brittle | |
#30673 | shaky | |
#32523 | frail | |
#33192 | diseased | |
#37328 | precarious | |
#44059 | flimsy | |
#44199 | fainting | |
#45210 | touchy | |
#47408 | fragility | |
#47843 | tenuous | |
#48122 | ticklish | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#60970 | frailty | |
#74245 | unconvincing | |
#79490 | breakable | |
#80235 | fallible | |
#89296 | emaciated | |
#92897 | friable | |
#96818 | svelte | |
#209138 | frangible |
How to use fragile in a sentence?
Gods are fragile things they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.
Democracy is not a fragile flower still it needs cultivating.
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
They are getting vaccine early because they're among the most fragile -- 40 % of deaths have been in those populations. They are medically fragile, if we vaccinate in a nursing home on Monday, somebody dies on Wednesday, it will be a terrible tragedy. It may, but it's likely not related to the vaccine. So I hope that people will try to not jump to conclusions.
Translations for fragile
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- قابل للكسرArabic
- чуплив, трошлив, крехъкBulgarian
- fràgilCatalan, Valencian
- křehkýCzech
- skrøbelig, spinkelDanish
- zerbrechlich, fragilGerman
- εύθραυστοςGreek
- fragilaEsperanto
- frágilSpanish
- شکنندهPersian
- hauras, särkyväFinnish
- fragileFrench
- fráxilGalician
- so-vrisheyManx
- नाज़ुकHindi
- törékenyHungarian
- fragileItalian
- שָׁבִירHebrew
- 壊れやすい, 脆弱, 脆いJapanese
- fragilisLatin
- broos, fragielDutch
- kruchyPolish
- frágilPortuguese
- хрупкий, ломкийRussian
- ömtåligSwedish
- hassas, narin, kırılabilir, kırılgan, çıtkırıldımTurkish
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