About The Word Brittle
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Brittle
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What's The Definition Of Brittle?
[n] caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
[adj] having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [adj] (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured [adj] lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman" Synonyms | Synonyms for Brittle: breakable | brickle | brickly | coldhearted | toffee | toffy | unannealed | unhardened | untempered Related Terms | Find terms related to Brittle: atrophied | breakable | brittle as glass | capricious | changeable | cheap-jack | cobwebby | corruptible | crackable | crisp | crispy | crumbly | crump | crushable | dainty | deciduous | delicate | delicately weak | desiccated | dried-up | dying | effeminate | emaciated | ephemeral | evanescent | fading | fickle | fissile | fleeting | flimsy | flitting | fly-by-night | flying | fracturable | fragile | frail | frangible | friable | fugacious | fugitive | gimcrack | gimcracky | gossamery | impermanent | impetuous | impulsive | inconstant | insecure | insubstantial | jerry | jerry-built | lacerable | light | lightweight | momentary | mortal | mutable | namby-pamby | nondurable | nonpermanent | papery | parchmenty | passing | pasteboardy | perishable | puny | scissile | sensitive | sere | shatterable | shattery | shivery | short-lived | shriveled | shrunken | sissified | sleazy | slight | splintery | tacky | temporal | temporary | transient | transitive | transitory | undurable | unenduring | unstable | unsubstantial | volatile | vulnerable | wasted | weak | wilted | wispy | withered | wizened | womanish | wrinkled See Also | candy | peanut brittle Brittle In Webster's Dictionary \Brit"tle\, a. [OE. britel, brutel, AS. bryttian to
dispense, fr. bre['o]tan to break; akin to Icel. brytja, Sw.
bryta, Dan. bryde. Cf. {Brickle}.]
Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious
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