brittle

brit·tle  (brtl)

adj. brit·tler, brit·tlest

1.

a. Likely to break, snap, or crack, as when subjected to pressure: brittle bones.

b. Easily damaged or disrupted; fragile: a brittle friendship. See Synonyms at fragile.

2.

a. Difficult to deal with; snappish: a brittle disposition.

b. Lacking warmth of feeling; cold: a reputation for being brittle and aloof.

3. Brilliantly sharp, as in percussive sound.

4.

a. Perishable.

b. Fleeting; transitory.

n.

A confection of caramelized sugar to which nuts are added: walnut brittle.

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[Middle English britel, probably from Old English *brytel, from bryttian, to shatter.]

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brittle·ly (brtl-) adv.

brittle·ness n.

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brittle

Adjective

1. easily cracked or broken; fragile

2. curt or irritable: a brittle reply

3. hard or sharp in quality: a brittle laugh [Old English brēotan to break]

brittly adv

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brittle  (brtl)

Having a tendency to break when subject to high stress. Brittle materials have undergone very little strain when they reach their elastic limit, and tend to break at that limit. Compare ductile.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brittle - caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets toffee, toffy candy, confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts peanut brittle - brittle containing peanuts
Adj.	1.	brittle - having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" brickle, brickly breakable - capable of being broken or damaged; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully"
	2.	brittle - lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman" coldhearted - lacking in sympathy or feeling
	3.	brittle - (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured unannealed unhardened, untempered - not brought to a proper consistency or hardness; "untempered mortar"; "untempered steel"

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brittle

adjective 1. fragile, delicate, crisp, crumbling, frail, crumbly, breakable, shivery, friable, frangible, shatterable << OPPOSITE tough

adjective 2. tense, nervous, edgy, stiff, wired (slang) irritable, curt

Translations

brittle [ˈbrɪtl] adj → quebradizo, frágil

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brittle [ˈbrɪtl] adj → cassant(e) → fragile

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brittle [ˈbrɪtl] adj → spröde;

(glass) → zerbrechlich;

(bones) → schwach

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brittle [ˈbrɪtl] adj → fragile

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brittle

adj brittle [ˈbritl]

hard but easily broken brittle materials. bros, breekbaar قَصيمٌ، سَريعُ الأنكِسار трошлив křehký skør spröde εύθραυστος quebradizo rabe ترد؛ شکننده hauras cassant קָשֶה וְשָבִיר भुरभुरा, भंगुर krhak törékeny rapuh fragile, friabile 砕けやすい 깨지기 쉬운 dužus, trapus trausls; viegli plīstošs rapuh broos sprø, skjør kruchy quebradiço casant, fragil хрупкий krehký krhek krt spröd, skör เปราะ kolay kırılır 易碎的 крихкий, ламкий آسانی سے ٹوٹنے والا ، نازک dễ vỡ 易碎的

n brittleness

brosheid, broosheid سُرْعَةُ الأنْكِسار трошливост křehkost skørhed die Sprödigkeit ευθραυστότητα lo quebradizo rabedus تردی؛ شکنندگی hauraus fragilité שְבִירוּת, פְּרִיכוּת नाजुक krhkost törékenység kerapuhan fragilità, friabilità 砕やすさ 약함 trapumas trauslums kerapuhan broosheid sprøhet, skjørhet kruchość fragilidade fragilitate хрупкость krehkosť krhkost krtost sprödhet, skörhet เปราะบาง kolay kırılır olma 脆弱 крихкість, ламкість آسانی سے ٹوٹنے کی خاصیت ، نزاکت tính dễ vỡ 脆弱