frangible

frangible

adjective

Definition of FRANGIBLE

easily broken <frangible china teacups that were totally inappropriate for a child's birthday party>

Synonyms breakable, delicate, frail, frangible

Related Words dainty, fine, gossamer; eggshell, flimsy, slight, tenuous; brittle, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crushable, embrittled, flaky (also flakey), friable, shaky, shivery, short; feeble, infirm, soft, spindly, tender, weak; inelastic, inflexible, stiff

Near Antonyms compact, firm, hard, rigid, solid, substantial, unyielding; elastic, flexible, resilient, rubberlike, rubbery, springy, stretch, stretchable, supple

Antonyms infrangible, nonbreakable, strong, sturdy, tough, unbreakable