brittle

Speech parts

1. brittle - Noun

2. brittle - Adjective

3. brittle - Verb

4. brittle - Adjective Satellite

5. Brittle - Proper noun

Meaning

Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

brickle fragile breakable crumbly friable frangible toffee splintery toffy unannealed brickly shatterable easily broken short britt
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Antonyms

large good strong slippy composed controlled
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Hypernyms

candy confect

Hyponyms

peanut brittle

Phrases with the word

brittle as glass brittle metal candy of brittle brittle nature brittle gum brittle nails

Anagrams

triblet blitter

Examples

brittle bones Source: Internet

glass is brittle Source: Internet

`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal Source: Internet

a brittle and calculating woman Source: Internet

After a decade of accusations towards a lightweight demeanour and brittle defence, those glaring weakness were toughened. Source: Internet

An eminently likeable and capable small car with good dynamics but a limited range and an ambitious price A theme common to many electric cars is that their weight and architecture lead to them feeling lead-footed and brittle. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Brittian Brittingham Brittish brittle as glass brittle bladder fern brittle bone disease