fragile
11fragile — UK US /ˈfrædʒaɪl/ US /ˈfrædʒəl/ adjective ► easily harmed, damaged, or broken: »The fragile economy is under the pressure of floods at home and rising oil prices abroad. »The changes would be disastrous for the fragile recovery of the UK s oil… …
12fragile — 1510s, liable to sin, morally weak; c.1600, liable to break; a back formation from fragility, or else from M.Fr. fragile (14c.), from L. fragilis (see FRAGILITY (Cf. fragility)). Transferred sense of frail (of persons) is from 1858 …
13fragile — index insecure, insubstantial, nonsubstantial (not sturdy), powerless Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14fragile — / fradʒile/ agg. [dal lat. fragĭlis, der. di frangĕre rompere ]. 1. [che si rompe facilmente, spec. per urto: il vetro è f. ] ▶◀ delicato, di cartapesta, (non com.) frangibile, (poet.) frale. ◀▶ infrangibile, resistente, robusto, solido. 2.… …
15fragile — [adj] breakable, dainty brittle, crisp, crumbly, decrepit, delicate, feeble, fine, flimsy, fracturable, frail, frangible, friable, infirm, insubstantial, shatterable, shivery, slight, unsound, weak, weakly; concepts 485,489 Ant. durable, firm,… …
16fragile — Fragile, Fragilis …
17fragile — ► ADJECTIVE 1) easily broken or damaged. 2) delicate and vulnerable. DERIVATIVES fragilely adverb fragility noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «morally weak»: from Latin fragilis, from frangere to break …
18fragile — (fra ji l ) adj. 1° Facile à briser, sujet à se casser. Un vase fragile. • Pour un fragile bois, que malgré mon secours Les vers sur son autel consument tous les jours, RAC. Athal. III, 3. Familièrement. Fragile comme le verre, comme du… …
19Fragile — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. La fragilité est l état d une substance qui se fracture facilement. Sommaire 1 Cinéma et télévision 2 …
20fragile — 01. Be careful with that box; it has dishes and glasses in it, so it s really [fragile]. 02. My grandmother is really old, and her bones are [fragile] because she didn t get enough calcium in her diet when she was growing up. 03. The government… …
