Thesaurus: brittle

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1. a. Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
2. adj. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
3. adj. lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
4. adj. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
5. n. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
6. Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece Of fine-cut crystal. Cotton. Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite.
7. Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.Farewell, thou pretty, brittle piece Of fine-cut crystal. Cotton.Brittle silver ore, the mineral stephanite.
8. j:100 n. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets s. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped s. lacking warmth and generosity of spirit s. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured