'Fragile' definitions:
Definition of 'fragile'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Fragile'
From: GCIDE
- Fragile \Frag"ile\, a. [L. fragilis, from frangere to break; cf. F. fragile. See Break, v. t., and cf. Frail, a.] Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed. [1913 Webster]
- The state of ivy is tough, and not fragile. --Bacon.
- Syn: Brittle; infirm; weak; frail; frangible; slight. -- {Frag"ile*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fragile'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- breakable,
- brittle,
- brittle as glass,
- capricious,
- changeable,
- cheap-jack,
- cobwebby,
- corruptible,
- crackable,
- crisp,
- crispy,
- crumbly,
- crushable,
- dainty,
- deciduous,
- decrepit,
- delicate,
- delicately weak,
- dying,
- effeminate,
- ephemeral,
- evanescent,
- fading,
- feeble,
- fickle,
- fissile,
- fleeting,
- flimsy,
- flitting,
- fly-by-night,
- flying,
- fracturable,
- frail,
- frangible,
- friable,
- fugacious,
- fugitive,
- gimcrack,
- gimcracky,
- gossamery,
- impermanent,
- impetuous,
- impulsive,
- inconstant,
- infirm,
- insubstantial,
- jerry,
- jerry-built,
- lacerable,
- light,
- lightweight,
- momentary,
- mortal,
- mutable,
- namby-pamby,
- nondurable,
- nonpermanent,
- papery,
- passing,
- pasteboardy,
- perishable,
- puny,
- rickety,
- scissile,
- shaky,
- shatterable,
- shattery,
- shivery,
- short,
- short-lived,
- sissified,
- sleazy,
- slight,
- splintery,
- tacky,
- temporal,
- temporary,
- tenuous,
- thin,
- transient,
- transitive,
- transitory,
- undurable,
- unenduring,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- unsubstantial,
- volatile,
- vulnerable,
- weak,
- weakly,
- wispy,
- womanish