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All fragile synonyms

frag·ile
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adj fragile

  • breakable — Breakable objects are easy to break by accident.
  • weak — not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
  • delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
  • feeble — physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
  • frail — having delicate health; not robust; weak: My grandfather is rather frail now.
  • brittle — An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken.
  • crisp — Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
  • crumbly — Something that is crumbly is easily broken into a lot of little pieces.
  • decrepit — Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak.
  • fine — of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade: fine wine.
  • flimsy — without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure.
  • friable — easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly: friable rock.
  • infirm — feeble or weak in body or health, especially because of age; ailing.
  • insubstantial — not substantial or real; lacking substance: an insubstantial world of dreams.
  • slight — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
  • unsound — not sound; unhealthy, diseased, or disordered, as the body or mind.
  • frangible — easily broken; breakable: Most frangible toys are not suitable for young children.
  • shivery — readily breaking into shivers or fragments; brittle.
  • weakly — weak or feeble in constitution; not robust; sickly.
  • fracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.

adjective fragile

  • dainty — If you describe a movement, person, or object as dainty, you mean that they are small, delicate, and pretty.
  • fracturable — Capable of being fractured.
  • tenuous — lacking a sound basis, as reasoning; unsubstantiated; weak: a tenuous argument.
  • unstable — not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
  • precarious — dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
  • shaky — tending to shake or tremble.
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