fragile
easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
vulnerably delicate, as in appearance: She has a fragile beauty.
lacking in substance or force; flimsy: a fragile excuse.
Origin of fragile
1synonym study For fragile
Other words from fragile
- frag·ile·ly, adverb
- fra·gil·i·ty [fruh-jil-i-tee], /frəˈdʒɪl ɪ ti/, frag·ile·ness, noun
- non·frag·ile, adjective
- non·frag·ile·ly, adverb
- non·frag·ile·ness, noun
- non·fra·gil·i·ty, noun
- o·ver·frag·ile, adjective
- un·frag·ile, adjective
Words that may be confused with fragile
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How to use fragile in a sentence
In fact, Finke seems just as anxious and fragilely egoed as her targets.
The two fragilely slender human silhouettes answered to the same wavering motion.
The Old House and Other Tales | Feodor SologubShe had not looked so young, so fresh, so fragilely fair for many months.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne | William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for fragile
/ (ˈfrædʒaɪl) /
able to be broken easily
in a weakened physical state
delicate; light: a fragile touch
slight; tenuous: a fragile link with the past
Origin of fragile
1Derived forms of fragile
- fragilely, adverb
- fragility (frəˈdʒɪlɪtɪ) or fragileness, noun
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