Definition of fragile Fragile
/fɹæˈʤʌl/ - [fratjul] - frag•ile
We found 8 definitions of fragile from 6 different sources.
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What does fragile mean?
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| fragile - vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth" | ||
| fragile - lacking substance or significance; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; a fragile claim to fame" | ||
| flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin | ||
| unimportant, insignificant not important; "a relatively unimportant feature of the system"; "the question seems unimportant" | ||
| fragile - easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old bones"; "a frail craft" | ||
| delicate, frail | ||
| breakable capable of being broken or damaged; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fragile (a.)
Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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fragile
Easy to break.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fragile
fraj′il, adj. easily broken: frail: delicate.—n. Fragil′ity, the state of being fragile. [Fr.,—L. fragilis, frangĕre, to break.]
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