fragile

Plural: fragiles

Adjective Satellite

• easily broken or damaged or destroyed
  • "fragile porcelain plates"
  • "fragile old bones"
• vulnerably delicate
  • "she has the fragile beauty of youth"
• lacking substance or significance; ; ; ; a fragile claim to fame"

Adj

• Easily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material.
• Readily disrupted or destroyed.
• Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness.
• Thin-skinned or oversensitive.

Noun

• Something that is fragile.

Adjective

• Easily broken or damaged; delicate and vulnerable.

Examples

• He is a very fragile person and gets easily depressed.
• His lead in Words With Friends was FRAGILE, requiring careful plays to maintain it.
• She caught the fragile vase before it could shatter on the floor.
• The chemist synthesizes a fragile molecule.
• The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region.

Synonyms

delicate, flimsy, frail, slight, tenuous, thin, breakable, destructible, fragile, frailsome, frangible

Antonyms

antifragile, durable, indestructible, unbreakable, unfragile

Related Words

docile, fractal, fraction, fractional, fracture, fragility, frail, frailty, frangible, obstinate, rickety, vulnerable, weak

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