brittle implies hardness together with lack of elasticity or flexibility or toughness.

BRITTLE definition: having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass. See examples of brittle used in a sentence.

An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken. Pine is brittle and breaks. ...the dry, brittle ends of the hair. If you describe a situation, relationship, or someone's mood as brittle, you mean that …

Definition of brittle adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

1. a. Likely to break, snap, or crack, as when subjected to pressure: brittle bones. b. Easily damaged or disrupted; fragile: a brittle friendship. See Synonyms at fragile. 2. a. Difficult to deal with; snappish: a …

Dec 23, 2025 · brittle (comparative brittler or more brittle, superlative brittlest or most brittle) Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact; crackly. quotations

cold: a brittle tone of voice. a kind of candy made of melted sugar, usually with nuts, brittle when cooled: She made peanut brittle. brit•tle (brit′ l), adj., -tler, -tlest, n., v., -tled, -tling. breaking readily with a …

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brittle meaning, definition, what is brittle: hard but easily broken: Learn more.

BRITTLE definition: 1. delicate and easily broken: 2. easily destroyed, ended, or made to fail: 3. appearing to be…. Learn more.