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brittle   (TTS Sound)

The noun brittle has 1 sense

• brittle, toffee, toffy -- (caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets)

The adj brittle has 3 senses

• brittle, brickle, brickly -- (having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal")


• brittle -- (lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman")


• brittle, unannealed -- ((of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured)