Dictionary entry

Brittle

Pronunciation: /ˈbrɪt(ə)l/

Pronunciation

/ˈbrɪt(ə)l/

Myanmar Meaning

(adj) ကြွပ်ဆပ်သော။ကွဲလွယ်သော။

Definition

brittle /'brÇtl/ adj ၁။ (က) ဆတ္ေသာ။ ႂကြပ္ေသာ။ ရြေနေသာ။ The paint on the windows was brittle with age. ❍ brittle bones/hair/nails. (ခ) မခိုင္မာေသာ။ ပ်က္လြယ္ေသာ။ brittle confidence ❍ She was always nervous and mentally brittle. ၂။ (အသံ) မာ၍စူးရွၿပီး နားဝင္မခ်ဳိေသာ။ a brittle laugh ❍ The tone of his voice was brittle. brittleness n [U]

Examples

  1. Don’t pack fragile or brittle objects in your suitcase.
  2. The brittle peace between the two nations