brittleness/fragility/frangibility

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• brittleness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fragility Nouns 1. brittleness, fragility, friability, breakability, frangibility, frailty; crispness, delicacy, crumbliness; vulnerability. See powderiness, weakness. 2. (something brittle) glass,… …   English dictionary for students

• Fragility — Fra*gil i*ty, n. [L. fragilitas: cf. F. fragilit[ e]. Cf. {Frailty}.] 1. The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Weakness; feebleness. [1913 Webster] An appearance of delicacy, and even of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Brittleness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Brittleness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,327,} brittleness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 fragility fragility friability frangibility fissibility Sgm: N 1 house of cards house of cards house of glass …   English dictionary for students

• fragility — noun a) The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility. b) Weakness; feebleness …   Wiktionary

• fragility — Synonyms and related words: amiable weakness, breakability, breakableness, brittleness, cachexia, cachexy, changeableness, chronic ill health, collapse, crackability, crackableness, crispness, crumbliness, crushability, crushableness, daintiness …   Moby Thesaurus

• fragility — n 1. delicacy, frailness, brittleness, frailty, breakableness, frangibility, crumbliness, friability; flimsiness, ricketiness, shakiness, unstableness, unsteadiness, decrepitude. 2. frailness, weakness, infirmity; caducity, transitoriness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• frailty — Synonyms and related words: abulia, airiness, airy texture, amiable weakness, attenuation, bad habit, besetting sin, blemish, breakability, breakableness, brittleness, bug, cachexia, cachexy, catch, changeableness, chronic ill health, collapse,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• frailty — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Quality of being weak] Syn. fragility, weakness, debility, delicacy, infirmity, feebleness, decrepitude, daintiness, puniness, slightness, frangibility, susceptibility, brittleness, softness, flaccidity, unsubstantiality,… …   English dictionary for students

• collapse — Synonyms and related words: OD, Waterloo, amiable weakness, bankruptcy, be brought down, be felled, be found wanting, be ruined, be struck down, be traumatized, beating, become insolvent, bend, blow, bouncing check, break, break down, break out,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• daintiness — Synonyms and related words: acquired taste, airiness, amiable weakness, appreciation of excellence, ascent, asepsis, breakability, brittleness, bubbliness, buoyancy, changeableness, choiceness, civilized taste, civilizedness, cleanliness, cleanly …   Moby Thesaurus

• delicacy — Synonyms and related words: absoluteness, accommodatingness, accuracy, acquired taste, affectivity, agreeableness, airiness, airy texture, allergy, ambrosia, amiable weakness, anaphylaxis, appreciation, appreciation of differences, appreciation… …   Moby Thesaurus