Another word for fragile
fragile
modif.
frail, delicate, breakable, frangible, friable, brittle, dainty, weak, flimsy; see also dainty 1, weak 1, 2.
fragile implies such delicacy of structure as to be easily broken a fragile china teacup; frangible connotes a liability to being broken because of the use to which the thing is put the bridge was constructed with frangible stone; brittle implies such inelasticity as to be easily broken or shattered by pressure or a blow the bones of the body become brittle with age; crisp suggests a desirable sort of brittleness, as of fresh celery or crackers; friable is applied to something that is easily crumbled or crushed into powder friable rock
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Another word for fragile
Easily broken or damaged:
breakable, brittle, delicate, frangible. See strongNot physically strong:
decrepit, delicate, feeble, flimsy, frail, infirm, insubstantial, puny, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, weakly. See strong
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"fragile." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 July 2019. <https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/fragile>.
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fragile. (n.d.). Retrieved July 14th, 2019, from https://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/fragile
