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   brittle

   /ˈbrɪtl/

   adjective

   • 1. hard but liable to break easily: "her bones became fragile and brittle" Similar breakablesplinteryshatterablefragilefraildelicatefrangiblerigidhardcrispOpposite flexibleresilient
   • ▪ (of a person's voice) unpleasantly hard and sharp and showing signs of instability or nervousness: "a brittle laugh" Similar harshhardsharpstridentgratingraspingOpposite soft
   • ▪ appearing decisive or cheerful but unstable or nervous within: "her manner was artificially bright and brittle" Similar edgyon edgenervousunstablehighly strunganxioustenseexcitablejumpyskittishneurotichystericalsensitiveinsecurenervyinformal:uptightOpposite relaxedcool

   noun

   • 1. a brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted sugar: "peanut brittle"

   Word Origin late Middle English, ultimately of Germanic origin and related to Old English brēotan ‘break up’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. brittlely adverb
   • 2. brittleness noun

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   What does it mean if something is brittle?

   • An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken. Pine is brittle and breaks. ...the dry, brittle ends of the hair. If you describe a situation, relationship, or someone's mood as brittle, you mean that it is unstable, and may easily change.

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   What is a brittle mood?

   • The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app a brittle mood or state of mind is one that appears to be happy or strong but is actually nervous and easily damaged (of a sound) hard and sharp in an unpleasant way

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   What is brittle material?

   • The term brittle describes materials that are easily broken, cracked, or snapped. Materials break when a stress is applied to them. Brittle materials break without any deformation. Therefore, they cannot be stretched like ductile substances. The breaking of brittle substances objects with a snapping sound.

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   What does brittle bone mean?

   • (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. (1) This method ensures the good preservation of spatial relations between bone elements essential for studies of fossil bones, which are sometimes very brittle.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBRITTLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Brittle means easily damaged, destroyed, or failed, or having a nervous or unstable temperament. It can also refer to a type of hard candy with nuts. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and usage examples.

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     BRITTLE meaning: 1. delicate and easily broken: 2. easily...

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     BRITTLE definicja: 1. delicate and easily broken: 2. easily...

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   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.

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   Brittle can be an adjective meaning easily broken, cracked, or snapped, or a noun meaning a candy made with caramelized sugar and nuts. Learn more about the word history, synonyms, examples, and medical usage of brittle.

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   Something brittle is easily broken. Do you have brittle bones? Then no football or rugby for you. Besides meaning easily fractured and emotionally cold, brittle is also a type of candy made of cooled sugar. To make peanut brittle, bake the ingredients on a cookie sheet then let the brittle cool into sheets which you break into pieces (and then ...

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   Brittle means hard but easily broken, or sharp and unpleasant in sound. Learn how to use this adjective with pictures, pronunciation and usage notes.

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   Brittle means hard but easily broken, or unstable, or sharp in quality. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and related terms from Collins English Dictionary.

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   Brittle means easily broken, snapped, or cracked, or lacking warmth or sensitivity. It can also refer to a type of candy or a sharp sound. See synonyms, antonyms, and translations of brittle.