FRAGILE


Meaning of FRAGILE in English

adjective

1.

easily broken

a fragile dish of the finest porcelain

Synonyms: breakable, delicate, fracturable, frail, frangible, shatterable, shattery

Related Word: brittle, crisp, crumbly, crunchy, friable, short

Contrasted words: infrangible, unbreakable; elastic, flexible, resilient; stout, strong, sturdy, tenacious

Antonyms: tough

2.

Synonyms: weak 1, decrepit, feeble, flimsy, frail, infirm, insubstantial, unsound, unsubstantial, weakly

Antonyms: durable

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