Definitions for fragile

Definitions for (adj) fragile

Main entry: fragile

Definition: vulnerably delicate

Usage: she has the fragile beauty of youth


Main entry: delicate, fragile, frail

Definition: easily broken or damaged or destroyed

Usage: a kite too delicate to fly safely; fragile porcelain plates; fragile old bones; a frail craft


Main entry: tenuous, thin, fragile, flimsy, slight

Definition: lacking substance or significance

Usage: slight evidence; a tenuous argument; a thin plot; a fragile claim to fame


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