English-Finnish translations for brittle

• hauras
  Jotkut ihmiset ovat mieleltään ja ruumiiltaan hauraita.
• hapero
• herkkä
  Tämä aine on herkkä syttymään.
  Villa on herkkää kutistumaan.
  Meidän vaarimme on aika herkkä, joten ole varovainen, kun puhut hänen kuullensa!
• herkkätunteinen
• krokantti

Definition of brittle

• Inflexible, liable to break or snap easily under stress or pressure
• Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending
• Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked
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• A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts
• Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc

Examples

• Cast iron is much more brittle than forged iron.
• A diamond is hard but brittle.
• Shortbread is my favorite cold pastry, yet being so brittle it crumbles easily, and a lot goes to waste.
• What a brittle personality! A little misunderstanding and hes an emotional wreck.
• As a child, my favorite candy was peanut brittle.

Related words

• brittleness
• embrittlement
• brittlegill
• brittlestar
• brittlestem
• Ashbrittle
• brittle star
• brittle fracture
• peanut brittle