brittle
bri
ˈbrÉĒ
bri
ttle
təl
tēl
/bɚˈÉĒtə‍l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "brittle"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ­āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϰ, āύāĻžāϜ⧁āĻ•

easily broken, cracked, or shattered due to the lack of flexibility and resilience
brittle definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the temperature dropped, the brittle leaves on the trees rustled with every gust of wind.
āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ–āϏāĻ–āϏ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϰ, āύāĻžāϜ⧁āĻ•

(of relationships, condition, etc.) easily broken and destroyed, due to being unable to handle challenges or disagreements
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the face of adversity, their brittle bond crumbled like dry leaves.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āϖ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāύ āĻļ⧁āĻ•āύ⧋ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϭ⧇āϙ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϰ, āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ

lacking warmth or emotional flexibility, often indicating a cold or rigid demeanor
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The atmosphere in the room grew increasingly brittle as tensions rose between the two rival factions.
āĻĻ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€ āĻ—ā§‹āĻˇā§āĻ ā§€āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϘāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻļ, āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ

(of a voice, sound, etc.) unpleasant to the ears, often due to its sharp, harsh quality
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The brittle sound of breaking glass echoed through the empty hallway.
āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻ•āĻžāρāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻļ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĻĄāϰ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ­āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϰ, āύāĻžāϜ⧁āĻ•

outwardly happy and confident, yet internally weak, anxious, and easily offended or upset
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Underneath his brittle smile lay a reservoir of insecurities and uncertainties.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āϗ⧁āϰ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϜāϞāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĨ¤
01

a confection made of caramelized sugar cooled into thin, hard sheets, often containing nuts

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The candy store displayed colorful brittle in glass jars.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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