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breakable
| Main Entry: |
breakable
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | easily hurt or destroyed |
| Synonyms: | brittle, crisp, crispy, crumbly, delicate, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, shatterable, shattery, splintery, vitreous, weak |
| Antonyms: | durable, sturdy, unbreakable |
| Main Entry: | crumbly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brittle |
| Synonyms: | breakable, corroded, crisp, crunchy, decayed, degenerated, deteriorated, deteriorating, disintegrated, eroded, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, oxidized, perishing, powdery, pulverizable, rotted, rotten, rusted, shivery, short, soft, worn |
| Antonyms: | flexible, pliable, soft |
| Main Entry: | delicate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dainty, weak |
| Synonyms: | aerial, balmy, breakable, choice, delectable, delicious, delightful, elegant, ethereal, exquisite, faint, filmy, fine, fine-grained, finespun, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, gauzy, gentle, gossamery, graceful, hairline, mild, muted, nice, pale, pastel, rare, recherché, select, shatterable, shattery, slight, soft, subdued, subtle, superior, tender |
| Antonyms: | coarse, harsh, heavy, indelicate, inelegant, robust, rough, strong |
| Main Entry: | tender |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fragile, soft |
| Synonyms: | breakable, dainty, delicate, effete, feeble, frail, supple, weak |
| Antonyms: | hard, rough, tough |
| Main Entry: | divisible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | separable |
| Synonyms: | breakable, detachable, dissoluble, dissolvable, distinct, distinguishable, dividable, divided, partible, separated, severable |
| Antonyms: | indivisible, inseparable |
| Main Entry: | friable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brittle |
| Synonyms: | breakable, crumbly, fragile |
| Notes: | friable is 'able to be crumbled, crushed into dust' while fryable is 'able to be fried' |
| Main Entry: | frangible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fragile |
| Synonyms: | breakable, brittle, crumbly, dainty, delicate, feeble, flimsy, frail, friable, weak |
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