Synonyms for brittle
ˈbrɪt lbrit·tle

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1. brittlenoun

   Synonyms:
   brickle

2. brittlenoun

   Inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure.

   Synonyms:
   brickle

3. brittleadjective

   Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.

   Synonyms:
   brickle

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1. brittle, toffee, toffyadjective

   caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets

   Synonyms:
   toffy, toffee

   Antonyms:
   tempered, warmhearted, unbreakable, treated, hardened, toughened

2. brittle, brickle, bricklyadjective

   having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped

   "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"

   Synonyms:
   brickly, unannealed, brickle

   Antonyms:
   unbreakable, treated, toughened, warmhearted, tempered, hardened

3. brittleadjective

   lacking warmth and generosity of spirit

   "a brittle and calculating woman"

   Synonyms:
   brickly, unannealed, brickle

   Antonyms:
   toughened, treated, warmhearted, unbreakable, tempered, hardened

4. brittle, unannealedadjective

   (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured

   Synonyms:
   brickly, unannealed, brickle

   Antonyms:
   unbreakable, toughened, warmhearted, hardened, tempered, treated

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1. brittleadjective

   Synonyms:
   fragile, crumbling, shivery, frail, frangible, BRASH, easily broken (into pieces), easily shivered

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1. brittleadjective

   Synonyms:
   frangible, crisp, friable

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1. List of paraphrases for "brittle":

   friable, fragile, frail

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1. Raj Dasgupta:

   You'd have to be pretty brittle and pretty sick if a blanket's going to stop your breathing.

2. Tom Robbins:

   Meditation... disolves the mind. It erases itself. Throws the ego out on its big brittle ass.

3. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.

4. Casey Murray:

   What was a minor temporary event for other carriers devastated Southwest Airlines because our operation has become brittle and subject to massive failures under the slightest pressure, southwest Airlines Pilots Association are tired and frustrated because our operation is running on empty due to a lack of support from the company.

5. Paul Byrne:

   Think of like a Milky Way bar or a Mars bar, its where the chocolate and caramel touch, that depth, you can treat that as the thickness of the brittle, rigid layer.