Brittle
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:11 pts7 letters
Definition of Brittle
Adjective
- Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact.
"Cast iron is much more brittle than forged iron."
- Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
"Shortbread is my favorite cold pastry, yet being so brittle it crumbles easily, and a lot goes to waste."
- Tending to fracture in a conchoidal way; capable of being knapped or flaked.
- Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
"What a brittle personality! A little misunderstanding and he's an emotional wreck."
- Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
Noun
- A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
"As a child, my favorite candy was peanut brittle."
- Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
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