brittle

/bɹˈɪtəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
   “brittle bones”
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

noun

1. caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets

Synonyms for brittle

• brickle
• brickly
• breakable
• coldhearted
• unannealed
• untempered
• toffee
• toffy

Words that rhyme with brittle

• little
• belittle
• committal
• hospital
• skittle
• whittle
• acquittal
• noncommittal
• spittle
• tittle
• transmittal
• bittel
• bittle
• hittle
• kittel
• kittell
• kittle
• knittel
• knittle
• littell
• lyttle
• pittle
• pytel
• rittle
• smittle
• tittel
• vittle
• zittel