brittle – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
brittle
adj.
friable; fragile, breakable; sensitive
brittle
Noun
1. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
(synonym) toffee, toffy
(hypernym) candy
(hyponym) peanut brittle
Adjective
1. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"
(synonym) brickle, brickly
(similar) breakable
2. lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"
(similar) coldhearted
3. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
(synonym) unannealed
(similar) untempered, unhardened
brittle
příd.jm.
křehký; lámavý; snadno rozbitný
brittle
Przym.
łamliwy; kruchy
Brittle
(a.)
Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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