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- Dictionaryfragile/ˈfradʒʌɪl/
adjective
- 1. (of an object) easily broken or damaged: "fragile items such as glass and china" Similar Opposite
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Synonyms for FRAGILE: delicate, brittle, frail, breakable, frangible, weak, fine, tenuous; Antonyms of FRAGILE: strong, sturdy, tough, unbreakable, substantial, solid, rigid, hard.
Synonyms and examples. breakable. Put breakable ornaments on a high shelf when young children come to visit. delicate. The plant has delicate white flowers. brittle. The ground was a carpet of dried leaves and brittle twigs. weak. The floors were uneven and too weak to support the heavy equipment.
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Synonyms for Fragile (other words and phrases for Fragile).
fragile. 1 (adjective) in the sense of unstable. Definition. able to be broken or damaged easily. The fragile government was on the brink of collapse. Synonyms. unstable. weak. vulnerable. delicate. uncertain. insecure. precarious. flimsy. See examples for synonyms. 2 (adjective) in the sense of fine. Definition. able to be broken or damaged easily
Other forms: fragilely; fragilest; fragiler. If it's delicate and easily broken, like a rare glass vase or the feelings of an overly emotional friend, it's certainly fragile. Back in the 1500s, fragile implied moral weakness. Then around 1600, its definition broadened to mean “liable to break.”.
