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1. Having little elasticity; hence easily cracked, fractured or snapped
   "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle";
   - brickle, brickly
    
2. Lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
   "a brittle and calculating woman"
    
3. (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
   - unannealed

1. Caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
   - toffee, toffy

Derived forms: brittles, brittler, brittlest

See also: breakable, coldhearted, unhardened, untempered

Type of: candy, confect, lolly [Austral, NZ], sweet [Brit], sweetie [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Brittle