fragile

Meaning

Adj

1. Easily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material.
2. (figuratively) Readily disrupted or destroyed.
3. (UK) Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness.
4. (UK) Thin-skinned or oversensitive.

Noun

Something that is fragile.

Synonyms

brittle

delicate

frail

breakable

weak

flimsy

sensitive

easily broken

frangible

rickety

slight

feeble

friable

perishable

crisp

unstable

tender

thin

light

decrepit

dilapidated

unsteady

fine

infirm

tenuous

break easily

transient

soft

crumbly

shaky

be fragile

easily damaged

not firm

exquisite

weakly

detailed

vulnerable

loose

not strong

short-lived

insecure

weakness

wispy

adynamic

apt to break

be broken

crackable

shattery

easily cracked

strengthless

Translations

fragile

fragile

frágil

zerbrechlich

broos

fragil

délicat

delicado

sensible

breekbaar

frágil

quebradizo

brüchig

εύθραυστος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹæd͡ʒaɪl/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of frangere (“to break”). Cognate with fraction, fracture and doublet of frail.