1. Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
   "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"
   - brickle, brickly 
2. Lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
   "a brittle and calculating woman" 
3. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
   - unannealed

1. Caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
   - toffee, toffy

Derived forms: brittler, brittlest, brittles

See also: breakable, brittleness, coldhearted, unhardened, untempered

Type of: candy, confect, lolly [Austral, NZ], sweet [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Brittle

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