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brittle

/ˈbrɪt(ə)l/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈbrɪt(ə)l/
brittle
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

brit - tle -> brittle

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ကြွပ်ဆပ်သော။ကွဲလွယ်သော။

Full entry

brittle /'brÇtl/ adj

၁။ (က) ဆတ်သော။ ကြွပ်သော။ ရွနေသော။ The paint on the windows was brittle with age. ❍ brittle bones/hair/nails. (ခ) မခိုင်မာသော။ ပျက်လွယ်သော။ brittle confidence ❍ She was always nervous and mentally brittle.
၂။ (အသံ) မာ၍စူးရှပြီး နားဝင်မချိုသော။ a brittle laugh ❍ The tone of his voice was brittle. brittleness n [U]

More examples
  • Don’t pack fragile or brittle objects in your suitcase.
  • The brittle peace between the two nations
Synonyms
fragile, breakable, easily broken, weak, frail, delicate, crisp, crumbling, crumbly, curt, edgy, frangible, friable, hard, inelastic, irritable, nervous, prim, shatterable, shivery, short, stiff, stilted, tense, vitreous
Antonyms
durable, flexible, moveable, relaxed, resilient, robust, supple, unbreakable
Cross references
fragilebreakableeasily brokenweakfraildelicatecrispcrumblingcrumblycurtedgyfrangiblefriablehardinelasticirritablenervousprimshatterableshiveryshortstiffstiltedtensevitreousdurableflexiblemoveable
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