FRAGILITY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster fragile, frangible, brittle, crisp, friable mean breaking easily fragile implies extreme delicacy of material or construction and need for careful handling frangible implies susceptibility to being broken without implying weakness or delicacy brittle implies hardness together with lack of elasticity or flexibility or toughness
Fragility - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Fragility is a state of being delicate or breakable The fragility of your grandmother's juice glasses might make you nervous about taking even one sip An object's fragility makes it likely to get broken or damaged, and a person's fragility means that he's not physically strong
Fragility - definition of fragility by The Free Dictionary fra·gil′i·ty (frə-jĭl′ĭ-tē), frag′ile·ness n These adjectives mean easily broken or damaged Fragile applies to objects that are not made of strong or sturdy material and that require great care when handled: fragile porcelain plates
fragility - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Noun fragility (countable and uncountable, plural fragilities) The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility Synonym: fragileness