Brittle Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Brittle

That can be, or is liable to be, broken

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Lacking physical or emotional strength; delicate:

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Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous.

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Arresting, pronounced, or ostentatious:

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(Dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.

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Firm but easily broken or crumbled; crisp.

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Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten

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Intended for use with fragile items.

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Brittle; inflexible; not ductile.

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Ephemeral, momentary, fleeting.

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The definition of feeble is someone who is weak or a half-hearted attempt or something that is faint or unconvincing.

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Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious.

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Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.

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Able to be broken; breakable; fragile.

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(Of poisons) Likely to crumble and become airborne, thus becoming a health risk

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Capable of being irritated.

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Of or relating to the nerves or nervous system:

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Liable to perish, especially naturally subject to quick decomposition or decay.

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Brittle and inductile when cold (cold short) or hot (hot short)

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Having little weight, strength, substance, or significance

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The definition of tenuous is something long and thin, fine or flimsy.

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Of a passing nature; not enduring or permanent; temporary, fleeting, or ephemeral; transient

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Lacking persuasiveness; unconvincing:

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A sensitive or, sometimes, finicky distaste for what is considered improper or offensive

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The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.

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The state or quality of being frangible.

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friability

The quality of being friable, or easily broken, crumbled, or reduced to powder; friableness.

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Thinness; slenderness; fineness

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tenuousness

The quality of being tenuous

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(Countable) An inadequate quality; fault

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brickle

(Dial.) Brittle

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brickly

having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped

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unannealed

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(Uncountable) a type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard

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toffy

Alternative spelling of toffee.

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nondurable

Not enduring; being in a state of constant consumption:

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nonpermanent

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parchmenty

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undurable

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Not elastic; inflexible, rigid, unyielding, unadaptable, etc.

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The state of being brittle; aptness to break; fragility.

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Antonyms for Brittle

Capable of being changed or adjusted to meet particular or varied needs:

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Adaptable to changing circumstances:

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Alternative spelling of movable.

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Recovering strength, spirits, good humor, etc. quickly; buoyant

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Able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring.

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Eased or loosened.

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Words Related to Brittle

Apt to crumble; easily crumbled

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Persuasive, effective, and cogent:

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The definition of ductile is easily stretched out without breaking.

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