ADJECTIVE | all | fragile, delicate, frail | easily broken or damaged or destroyed |
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all | fragile | vulnerably delicate | |
all | fragile, flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin | lacking substance or significance |
Sounds | frae'jhahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | easily broken or damaged or destroyed. | |
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Synonyms | delicate, frail | |
Broader | breakable | capable of being broken or damaged |
Spanish | delicado, frágil, quebradizo | |
Catalan | delicat, fràgil, trencadís | |
Nouns | fragility | quality of being easily damaged or destroyed |
Meaning | vulnerably delicate. | |
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Example | "she has the fragile beauty of youth" | |
Broader | delicate | exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing |
Meaning | Lacking substance or significance. | |
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Example | a fragile claim to fame" | |
Synonyms | flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin | |
Broader | insignificant, unimportant | devoid of importance, meaning, or force |
Spanish | insustancial, leve | |
Catalan | insubstancial, lleu |
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