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Definitions for Brittle

[1] having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass.
[2] easily damaged or destroyed; fragile; frail: a brittle marriage.
[3] lacking warmth, sensitivity, or compassion; aloof; self-centered: a self-possessed, cool, and rather brittle person.
[4] having a sharp, tense quality: a brittle tone of voice.
[5] unstable or impermanent; evanescent.
[6] a confection of melted sugar, usually with nuts, brittle when cooled: peanut brittle.
[7] to be or become brittle; crumble.
[8] easily cracked, snapped, or broken; fragile
[9] curt or irritable a brittle reply
[10] hard or sharp in quality
[11] a crunchy sweet made with treacle and nuts peanut brittle

Words related to Brittle

breakable, crisp, frail, short, stiff, crumbling, crumbly, delicate, friable, inelastic, vitreous, weak, frangible, shivery, curt, edgy, irritable, nervous, prim, stilted

Words nearby Brittle

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Origin of Brittle

1350–1400; Middle English britel, equivalent to brit- (akin to Old English brysten fragment) + -el adj. suffix

Words that may be confused with Brittle

brittle, fragile, frail1, (see, synonym, study, at, frail1)

Other words from Brittle

brit·tle·ness , noun
un·brit·tle , adjective
un·brit·tle·ness , noun

Word origin for Brittle

C14: from Old English brytel (unattested); related to brytsen fragment, brēotan to break

Synonyms for Brittle

breakable, crisp, frail, crumbling, crumbly, delicate, frangible, friable, inelastic, shatterable, shivery, vitreous, weak