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fragile

Entry Word:: fragile
Function:: adjective

Text: 1 easily broken<attaching the beautiful but fragile ornaments to the Christmas tree is always a touchy operation>Synonymsbreakable, delicate, frailRelated Wordsdainty, fine, gossamer; flimsy, slight, tenuous; brittle, crisp, crumbly, flaky, friable, short; feeble, infirm, weak; inelastic, inflexible, stiffNear Antonymsfirm, solid, substantial; elastic, flexible, resilientAntonymsnonbreakable, strong, sturdy, tough, unbreakable 2 easily injured without careful handling<babies are fragile, so remember to care for them gently>— see tender 1

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