FRAGILE

fragile

(adjective) vulnerably delicate; “she has the fragile beauty of youth”

delicate, fragile, frail

(adjective) easily broken or damaged or destroyed; “a kite too delicate to fly safely”; “fragile porcelain plates”; “fragile old bones”; “a frail craft”

flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin

(adjective) lacking substance or significance; “slight evidence”; “a tenuous argument”; “a thin plot”; “a fragile claim to fame”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

fragile (comparative fragiler or more fragile, superlative most fragile)

Easily broken or destroyed, and thus often of subtle or intricate structure.

(UK) Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness.

Synonyms

• friable

• breakly

• breakable

• destroyable

• destructible

• See also fragile

Antonyms

• durable

• unbreakable

• undestroyable

• indestructible

Source: Wiktionary

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Frag"ile, a. Etym: [L. fragilis, from frangere to break; cf. F. fragile. See Break, v. t., and cf. Frail, a.]

Definition: Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed. The state of ivy is tough, and not fragile. Bacon.

Syn.

– Brittle; infirm; weak; frail; frangible; slight.

– Frag"ile*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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