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brittle definition
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Grep of noun brittle brittle brittle bladder fern brittle bush brittle fern brittle maidenhair brittle maidenhair fern brittle star brittle willow brittlebush brittleness brittlestar peanut brittle Overview of noun brittle The noun brittle has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. brittle, toffee, toffy -- (caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets) Overview of adj brittle The adj brittle has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) brittle, brickle, brickly -- (having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal") 2. brittle -- (lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman") 3. brittle, unannealed -- ((of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured) Antonyms of adj brittle 3 senses of brittle Sense 1 brittle, brickle, brickly INDIRECT (VIA breakable) -> unbreakable Sense 2 brittle INDIRECT (VIA coldhearted) -> warmhearted Sense 3 brittle, unannealed INDIRECT (VIA untempered) -> tempered, treated, hardened, toughened Similarity of adj brittle 3 senses of brittle Sense 1 brittle, brickle, brickly => breakable (vs. unbreakable) Sense 2 brittle => coldhearted (vs. warmhearted) Sense 3 brittle, unannealed => untempered (vs. tempered), unhardened Attributes of adj brittle Familiarity of adj brittle brittle used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj brittle brittle Overview of noun brittle The noun brittle has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. brittle, toffee, toffy -- (caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets) Overview of adj brittle The adj brittle has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) brittle, brickle, brickly -- (having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal") 2. brittle -- (lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman") 3. brittle, unannealed -- ((of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured)
brittle definition
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