brittle

 
  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) 

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