🔄 Synonyms of "Brittle"
9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| breakablenoun | Able to break or be broken. |
| coldhearted | Alternative form of cold-hearted. [Without sympathy, feeling or compassion; callous or heartless.] |
| toffynoun | (UK, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) Posh, upper-class; snooty. |
| untempered | Not tempered; not conditioned by a process. |
| brickly | (dialect) fragile; brittle |
| toffeenoun | (uncountable) A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard. |
| brickleverb | (Canada, dialect) To fail spectacularly. |
| unannealed | Not annealed. |
| unhardened | Not hardened; still soft. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Brittle"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| brickly | (dialect) fragile; brittle |
| breakable | Able to break or be broken. |
| coldhearted | Alternative form of cold-hearted. [Without sympathy, feeling or compassion; callous or heartless.] |
| untempered | Not tempered; not conditioned by a process. |
| unhardened | Not hardened; still soft. |
| unannealed | Not annealed. |
| toffy | (UK, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory) Posh, upper-class; snooty. |
| toffeenoun | (uncountable) A type of confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard. |
| bricklenoun | (Appalachia or archaic or dialect) Alternative form of breakle. [(dialectal) Apt to, capable of, or tending to break; fragile; brittle.] |
| friable | Easily broken into small fragments, crumbled, or reduced to powder. |
| fragile | Easily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material. |
| tenuous | Insubstantial. |
| flimsy | Likely to bend or break under pressure; easily damaged; frail, unsubstantial. |
| frail | Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish. |
| shaky | Shaking or trembling. |
| vulnerable | More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally. |
| soft | Easily giving way under pressure. |
| unsteady | Not held firmly in position; physically unstable. |
| crispynoun | Having a crisp texture; brittle yet tender. |
| crispnoun | Senses relating to curliness. |
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