Adjective:

सीशे की तरह टूटनेवाला, टूटने योग्य, नाज़ुक,

brittle's Usage Examples:

He resisted the urge to burn them, in case the brittle papers held more secrets he needed.

One of the most striking alterations of cell-walls is that termed carbonization, in which the substance gradually turns black, hard and brittle, as if charred - e.g.

A bar of zinc, for instance, as obtained by casting, is very brittle; but when heated to 100° or 150° C. it becomes sufficiently plastic to be rolled into the thinnest sheet or to be drawn into wire.

Initially fearing her to be brittle by her reaction to the world around her, A'Ran was more assured of her ability to withstand the changes in her life.

The roof was the soundest part, though a good deal warped and made brittle by the sun.

Moreover, this same carburizing action of the fuel would at times go so far as to turn part of the metal into a true cast iron, so brittle that it could not be worked at all.

These are cementite, a definite iron carbide, Fe 3 C, harder than glass and nearly as brittle, but probably very strong under gradually and axially applied stress; and ferrite, pure or nearly pure metallic a-iron, soft, weak, with high electric conductivity, and in general like copper except in colour.

It is extremely magnetic and almost non-magnetic; as brittle as glass and almost as pliable and ductile as copper; extremely springy, and springless and dead; wonderfully strong, and 1 The word " iron " was in 0.

By the tension between the two, their alliance was brittle at best.

The book's ancient pages were so brittle, he feared they would crumble before he finished.

Synonyms:

brickly, breakable, brickle,

Antonyms:

unbreakableness, disassemble, sour, unbreakable,