Dictionary Entry
brittle
brittle is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
- 2noun
caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
- 3adjective
having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
"brittle bones"
"glass is brittle"
- 4adjective
(of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
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- 5adjective
lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
"a brittle and calculating woman"
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