BRITTLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
   Synonym(s)
   • toffee (what does toffee mean?)
   • toffy (what does toffy mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) brittle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • candy (what does candy mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • peanut brittle (what does peanut brittle mean?)

BRITTLE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • having little elasticity
   • hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
   Synonym(s)
   • brickle (what does brickle mean?)
   • brickly (what does brickly mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • brittle bones
   • glass is brittle
   • `brickle” and `brickly” are dialectal
   Similar To
   • breakable (what does breakable mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
   Synonym(s)
   • unannealed (what does unannealed mean?)
   Similar To
   • untempered (what does untempered mean?)
   • unhardened (what does unhardened mean?)
3. Meaning
   • lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
   Usage Example(s)
   • a brittle and calculating woman
   Similar To
   • coldhearted (what does coldhearted mean?)