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Saturday, October 27, 2012

...an antonym i shall be




FRAGILE
1.
    a: easily broken or destroyed fragile
vase>
    b: constitutionally delicate : lacking in vigor fragile
child>
2.  tenuous, slight <fragile hope>
 
Synonym Discussion of FRAGILE

fragile, frangible, brittle, crisp, friable mean breaking easily. fragile implies extreme delicacy of material or construction and need for careful handling fragile

antique chair>. frangible implies susceptibility to being broken; brittle implies hardness together with lack of elasticity or flexibility or toughness <brittle bones>. crisp implies a firmness and brittleness desirable especially in some foods <crisp lettuce>. friable applies to substances that are easily crumbled or pulverized <friable soil>.
 
 
 

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