brittle
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"
brittle
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"
brittle
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
brittle
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
brittlebush
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine
brittleness
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ firm but easily broken