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Definitions for Fragile
[1] easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
[2] vulnerably delicate, as in appearance: She has a fragile beauty.
[3] lacking in substance or force; flimsy: a fragile excuse.
[4] able to be broken easily
[5] in a weakened physical state
[6] delicate; light a fragile touch
[7] slight; tenuous a fragile link with the past
Words related to Fragile
weak, delicate, feeble, frail, brittle, crisp, crumbly, decrepit, fine, flimsy, friable, infirm, insubstantial, slight, unsound, frangible, shivery, weakly
Words nearby Fragile
fractus, frae, fraenulum, fraenum, frag, fragile, fragile site, fragile x syndrome, fragile x-chromosome, fragile-x syndrome, fragility
Origin of Fragile
1505–15; < Latin fragilis, equivalent to frag- (variant stem of frangere to break) + -ilis -ile
Words that may be confused with Fragile
brittle, fragile, frail1, (see, synonym, study, at, frail1)
Other words from Fragile
frag·ile·ly , adverb
fra·gil·i·ty [fruh -jil -i-tee] /frəˈdʒɪl ɪ ti/ , frag·ile·ness , noun
non·frag·ile , adjective
non·frag·ile·ly , adverb
non·frag·ile·ness , noun
non·fra·gil·i·ty , noun
o·ver·frag·ile , adjective
un·frag·ile , adjective
Word origin for Fragile
C17: from Latin fragilis , from frangere to break
Synonyms for Fragile
delicate, feeble, frail, weak, brittle, crisp, crumbly, decrepit, fine, flimsy, fracturable, frangible, friable, infirm, insubstantial, shatterable, shivery, slight, unsound, weakly