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Fragile

Fragile Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fragile? [adj] vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth" [adj] easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft" [adj] lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "a fragile link with the past" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fragile: breakable \| delicate \| flimsy \| frail \| weak Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fragile: breakable \| brittle \| brittle as glass \| capricious \| changeable \| cheap-jack \| cobwebby \| corruptible \| crackable \| crisp \| crispy \| crumbly \| crushable \| dainty \| deciduous \| decrepit \| delicate \| delicately weak \| dying \| effeminate \| ephemeral \| evanescent \| fading \| feeble \| fickle \| fissile \| fleeting \| flimsy \| flitting \| fly-by-night \| flying \| fracturable \| frail \| frangible \| friable \| fugacious \| fugitive \| gimcrack \| gimcracky \| gossamery \| impermanent \| impetuous \| impulsive \| inconstant \| infirm \| insubstantial \| jerry \| jerry-built \| lacerable \| light \| lightweight \| momentary \| mortal \| mutable \| namby-pamby \| nondurable \| nonpermanent \| papery \| passing \| pasteboardy \| perishable \| puny \| rickety \| scissile \| shaky \| shatterable \| shattery \| shivery \| short \| short-lived \| sissified \| sleazy \| slight \| splintery \| tacky \| temporal \| temporary \| tenuous \| thin \| transient \| transitive \| transitory \| undurable \| unenduring \| unsound \| unstable \| unsubstantial \| volatile \| vulnerable \| weak \| weakly \| wispy \| womanish See Also \| Fragile In Webster's Dictionary \Frag"ile\, a. [L. fragilis, from frangere to break; cf. F. fragile. See {Break}, v. t., and cf. {Frail}, a.] Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed. The state of ivy is tough, and not fragile. --Bacon. Syn: Brittle; infirm; weak; frail; frangible; slight. -- {Frag"ile*ly}, adv.

Fragile Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fragile?

[adj] vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"
[adj] easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft"
[adj] lacking solidity or strength; "a flimsy table"; "flimsy construction"; "a fragile link with the past"

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Fragile In Webster's Dictionary

\Frag"ile\, a. [L. fragilis, from frangere to break; cf.
F. fragile. See {Break}, v. t., and cf. {Frail}, a.]
Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.

      The state of ivy is tough, and not fragile. --Bacon.

Syn: Brittle; infirm; weak; frail; frangible; slight. --
     {Frag"ile*ly}, adv.

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