Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Adjective: brittle (brittler,brittlest)  bri-t(u)l
  1. Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked, fractured or snapped
    "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle";
    - brickle, brickly
     
  2. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
    "The brittle glass shattered upon impact";
    - unannealed
     
  3. Lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
    "a brittle and calculating woman"
Noun: brittle  bri-t(u)l
  1. Caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
    "She broke off a piece of brittle and savoured its sweet, buttery flavour";
    - toffee, toffy

Derived forms: brittlest, brittles, brittler

See also: breakable, coldhearted, unhardened, untempered

Type of: candy, confect, lolly [Austral, NZ], sweet [Brit], sweetie [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Brittle