Brittle synonyms
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Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate:
Not elastic; inflexible, rigid, unyielding, unadaptable, etc.
That can be, or is liable to be, broken
crumbly (related)
Apt to crumble; easily crumbled
Arresting, pronounced, or ostentatious:
crispy
Firm but easily broken or crumbled; crisp.
crunchy
Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten
Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.
The definition of feeble is someone who is weak or a half-hearted attempt or something that is faint or unconvincing.
Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious.
Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
Of or relating to the nerves or nervous system:
Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.
Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous.
Brittle and inductile when cold (cold short) or hot (hot short)
Having little weight, strength, substance, or significance
The definition of tenuous is something long and thin, fine or flimsy.
Of a passing nature; not enduring or permanent; temporary, fleeting, or ephemeral; transient
Lacking persuasiveness; unconvincing:
A sensitive or, sometimes, finicky distaste for what is considered improper or offensive
The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
The state or quality of being frangible.
friability
The quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness.
Thinness; slenderness; fineness
tenuousness
The quality of being tenuous
flexible (antonym)
Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:
supple (antonym)
Adaptable to changing circumstances:
resilient (antonym)
Recovering strength, spirits, good humor, etc. quickly; buoyant
strong (related)
Persuasive, effective, and cogent:
ductile (related)
The definition of ductile is easily stretched out without breaking.
(Dial.) Brittle
having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
unannealed
Not annealed.
toffee
(Uncountable) a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard
toffy
Alternative spelling of toffee.
nondurable
Not enduring; being in a state of constant consumption:
nonpermanent
Not permanent
parchmenty
undurable
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