Definition of brittle Brittle

/bɹɪˈtʌl/ - [britul] - brit•tle

We found 15 definitions of brittle from 6 different sources.

What does brittle mean?

Noun Plural: brittles
brittle - caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
		toffee, toffy
		candy, confect a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
Adjective brittle, brittler, brittlest
brittle - having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"
		brickle, brickly
		breakable capable of being broken or damaged; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully"
brittle - (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
		unannealed
		unhardened, untempered not moderated or controlled; "his untempered individualism"
brittle - lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"

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brittle (Noun)
A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
brittle (Noun)
Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
brittle (Adjective)
Inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure.
brittle (Adjective)
Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
brittle (Adjective)
Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
brittle (Adjective)
Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
brittle (Adjective)
Diabetes Mellitus DM, Merck manual Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.

brittle
brit′l, adj. apt to break: easily broken: frail.—ns. Britt′leness; Britt′le-stars, or Sand-stars, one of the classes of Echinodermata, including forms not far removed from starfishes. [A.S. bréotan, to break.]