After being out in the wind and rain for years and years the walls of this apartment building are weather-beaten and brittle.
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Brittle
//ˈbɹɪtl̩//
Synonyms for "brittle" (123 found)
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Closest matches (25)
crumblydelicateflimsyfragilefrailfriableweakatrophiedbreakablebricklebrittle as glasscapriciouschangeablecheap-jackchocolatecobwebbycoldheartedcorruptiblecrackablecracker
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Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Related words (61)
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Adjective(1 words)
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4 entriesSynonyms
13 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
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2 entriesis a
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16 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
116 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- καπυρός adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- κραῦρος adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- κραῦρος adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
- ψαθυρός adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Bulgarian
4 entries- крехък adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- крехък adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
- обидчив adj (emotionally fragile, easily offended)
- трошлив adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Catalan
2 entries- fràgil adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- trencadís adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 易损坏的 adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- 易碎的 adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Czech
4 entries- citlivý adj (emotionally fragile, easily offended)
- křehký adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- lámavý adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- přecitlivělý adj (emotionally fragile, easily offended)
Danish
3 entries- skrøbelig adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- skør adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- krokant noun (confection of caramelized sugar and nuts)
Dutch
4 entries- breekbaar adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
- broos adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- bros adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- bros adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
Esperanto
1 entries- frakasebla adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Finnish
4 entries- hapero adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
- hauras adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- hauras adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
- hauras adj (emotionally fragile, easily offended)
French
3 entries- cassant adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
- fragile adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- nougatine noun (confection of caramelized sugar and nuts)
German
4 entries- bröckelig adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- bröckelig adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
- bröselig adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
- bröslig adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
Hungarian
3 entries- rideg adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- törékeny adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- grillázs noun (confection of caramelized sugar and nuts)
Icelandic
1 entries- brothætt adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Irish
4 entries- aibrisc adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- aibrisc adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
- briosc adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- briosc adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
Italian
1 entries- fragile adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Latin
1 entries- fragōsus adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Macedonian
4 entries- кр́шлив adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- кр́шлив adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
- кре́вок adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- о́сетлив adj (emotionally fragile, easily offended)
Manx
1 entries- so-vrishey adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Māori
4 entries- kōtihetihe adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- mōwhaki adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- mōwhakiwhaki adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- waipawa adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Norman
2 entries- brouyi adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- câsuel adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Norwegian
2 entries- skjør adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- sprø adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- krokan noun (confection of caramelized sugar and nuts)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- krokan noun (confection of caramelized sugar and nuts)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یوفقه adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- brosch adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Polish
1 entries- kruchy adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Portuguese
3 entries- frágil adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- frágil adj (emotionally fragile, easily offended)
- quebradiço adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Russian
4 entries- беззащи́тный adj (emotionally fragile, easily offended)
- ло́мкий adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- оби́дчивый adj (emotionally fragile, easily offended)
- уязви́мый adj (emotionally fragile, easily offended)
Scots
1 entries- frush adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- krhak adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- krt adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Spanish
4 entries- friable adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- frágil adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- frágil adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
- quebradizo adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Swedish
1 entries- krokant noun (confection of caramelized sugar and nuts)
Ukrainian
3 entries- крихкий adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- ламкий adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- чутливий adj (emotionally fragile, easily offended)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giòn adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
Welsh
3 entries- brau adj (able to break or snap easily under stress or pressure)
- brau adj (apt to break or crumble when bending)
- bregus adj (emotionally fragile, easily offended)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.
Source: tatoeba (5287267)
I don't like peanut brittle. I love it!
Source: tatoeba (6587089)
Metals can become brittle at low temperatures.
Source: tatoeba (7586673)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.