fragile

Speech parts

1. fragile - Noun

2. fragile - Adjective

3. fragile - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

slight frail weak thin delicate brittle tenuous infirm flimsy breakable friable frangible twiggy gossamer poor

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Antonyms

hardy evergreen strong fed solid-state durum

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Phrases with the word

fragile man exceptionally fragile especially fragile extremely fragile extra fragile fragile nature

Examples

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it. Germaine Greer

Most art is fragile and some should be placed and never moved away. Donald Judd

Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited. Margaret Mead

Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. Yugoslav Proverb

Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose. Turkish Proverb

Good form is fragile. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

fraghan fragilariacean fragilarioid fragile bulb fragile connection fragile equilibrium