Fragile - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈfrædʒl|  American pronunciation of the word fragile
Brit.  |ˈfrædʒæɪl|  British pronunciation of the word fragile

adjective

- easily broken or damaged or destroyed (syn: delicate, frail)
fragile porcelain plates
fragile old bones
- vulnerably delicate
she has the fragile beauty of youth
- lacking substance or significance (syn: flimsy, slight, tenuous, thin)
a fragile claim to fame

Extra examples

Her health has always been very fragile.

He is in an emotionally fragile state.

The two countries have formed a fragile coalition.

Be careful with that vase - it's very fragile.

Relations between the two countries are in a fragile state.

He had removed her from that crass monied Middle Atlantic society where she had seemed stilted and fragile.

...be careful of the fragile curios on the end tables...

Their fragile happiness fractured all too soon.

...a collection of fragile ornamentals kept in a glass cabinet...

Marble quarrying operations have disrupted the fragile ecology of the park.

Nothing is more fragile and insubstantial than a spider's web.

The note on the box said 'Fragile - handle with care '.

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