brittle

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
• Syn:
toffee, toffy
• Hypernyms:
candy, confect
• Hyponyms:
peanut brittle

II - adjective

1. having little elasticity;
hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped (Freq. 2)
- brittle bones
- glass is brittle
- 'brickle' and 'brickly' are dialectal
• Syn:
brickle, brickly
• Similar to:
breakable
• Derivationally related forms:
brittleness
2. lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
- a brittle and calculating woman
• Similar to:
coldhearted
3. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
• Syn:
unannealed
• Similar to:
untempered, unhardened
• Derivationally related forms:
brittleness

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  unannealed, brickle, brickly, toffee, toffy