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- Dictionarybrittle/ˈbrɪtl/
adjective
- 1. hard but liable to break easily: "her bones became fragile and brittle" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted sugar: "peanut brittle"
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appearing to be happy or confident, but actually nervous, weak, or likely to change mood suddenly: The player has a notoriously brittle temperament. The character she plays is successful but emotionally brittle. She greeted him with a brittle smile. A brittle voice or laugh sounds sharp and slightly nervous:
Brittle definition: having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass.. See examples of BRITTLE used in a sentence.
1. a. Likely to break, snap, or crack, as when subjected to pressure: brittle bones. b. Easily damaged or disrupted; fragile: a brittle friendship. See Synonyms at fragile. 2. a. Difficult to deal with; snappish: a brittle disposition. b. Lacking warmth of feeling; cold: a reputation for being brittle and aloof. 3.
The meaning of BRITTLE is easily broken, cracked, or snapped. How to use brittle in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Brittle.
a brittle mood or state of mind is one that appears to be happy or strong but is actually nervous and easily damaged. a brittle temperament. (of a sound) hard and sharp in an unpleasant way. a brittle laugh. ‘Not at all,’ she said in a brittle voice, avoiding his eye. Word Origin. See brittle in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
appearing to be happy or confident, but actually nervous, weak, or likely to change mood suddenly: The player has a notoriously brittle temperament. The character she plays is successful but emotionally brittle. She greeted him with a brittle smile. A brittle voice or laugh sounds sharp and slightly nervous:
easily cracked, snapped, or broken; fragile. 2. curt or irritable. a brittle reply. 3. hard or sharp in quality. noun. 4. a crunchy sweet made with treacle and nuts.
adjective. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped. “ brittle bones”. “glass is brittle ”. synonyms: brickle, brickly. breakable. capable of being broken or damaged. adjective. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured.
Noun. Filter. adjective. brittlest, brittler. Likely to break, snap, or crack, as when subjected to pressure. Brittle bones. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Easily broken or shattered because hard and inflexible. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Difficult to deal with; snappish. A brittle disposition. American Heritage.
uk / ˈbrɪtl / us. Add to word list. hard but easily broken: brittle bones. (Definition of brittle from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
