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- Dictionarybrittle/ˈbrɪtl/
adjective
- 1. hard but liable to break easily: "her bones became fragile and brittle" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted sugar: "peanut brittle"
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appearing to be happy or confident, but actually nervous, weak, or likely to change mood suddenly: The player has a notoriously brittle temperament. The character she plays is successful but emotionally brittle. She greeted him with a brittle smile. A brittle voice or laugh sounds sharp and slightly nervous:
1. a. : easily broken, cracked, or snapped. brittle clay. brittle glass. : easily disrupted, overthrown, or damaged : frail. a brittle friendship. 2. a. : perishable, mortal. b. : transitory, evanescent. 3. : easily hurt or offended : sensitive. a brittle personality.
appearing to be happy or confident, but actually nervous, weak, or likely to change mood suddenly: The player has a notoriously brittle temperament. The character she plays is successful but emotionally brittle. She greeted him with a brittle smile. A brittle voice or laugh sounds sharp and slightly nervous:
having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass. Synonyms: fragile. easily damaged or destroyed; fragile; frail: a brittle marriage.
1. adjective. An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken. Pine is brittle and breaks. ...the dry, brittle ends of the hair. Synonyms: fragile, delicate, crisp, crumbling More Synonyms of brittle. 2. adjective.
Definition of brittle adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured. synonyms: unannealed. unhardened, untempered. not brought to a proper consistency or hardness. noun. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets. synonyms: toffee, toffy. see more.
