brittle

  • (s) having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
    • brittle bones
    • glass is brittle
    • "brickle" and "brickly" are dialectal
    brickle, brickly,
  • (s) lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
    • a brittle and calculating woman
  • (s) (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured unannealed,

Nouns

  • (n) caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets toffee, toffy,

Synonyms

toffee toffy brickle brickly unannealed

Words of close approximity

Britten
brittle bladder fern brittlebush brittle bush brittle fern brittle maidenhair brittle maidenhair fern brittleness brittle star brittle-star brittle willow