brittle
Day 40Level 1BRIT-l
breakable
hard but having little tensile strength; fragile
Part of Speech: adjective
Synonyms:
breakable, frail, weak
Antonyms:
flexible, durable, resilient
Example Sentence:
A brittle relationship cannot withstand jolts of happiness and sorrow.
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