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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | brittle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fragile |
| Synonyms: | breakable, crisp, crumbling, crumbly, delicate, frail, frangible, friable, inelastic, shatterable, shivery, vitreous, weak |
| Antonyms: | durable, flexible, moveable, resilient, supple |
| Main Entry: | crisp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brittle, dry |
| Synonyms: | crispy, crumbly, crunchy, crusty, firm, fresh, friable, green, plump, ripe, short, unwilted |
| Antonyms: | flexible, limp, soft |
| 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: | crusty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brittle on outside |
| Synonyms: | crisp, crispy, crunchy, friable, hard, short, well-baked, well-done |
| Antonyms: | flexible, pliable, pliant, soft, soggy |
| Main Entry: | dusty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | filled with or covered with powdery particles |
| Synonyms: | arenaceous, arenose, chalky, crumbly, dirty, friable, granular, grubby, sandy, sooty, unclean, undusted, unswept, untouched |
| Antonyms: | clean, clear |
| Main Entry: | fragile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | breakable, dainty |
| Synonyms: | brittle, crisp, crumbly, decrepit, delicate, feeble, fine, flimsy, fracturable, frail, frangible, friable, infirm, insubstantial, shatterable, shivery, slight, unsound, weak, weakly |
| Antonyms: | durable, firm, strong, tough, unbreakable |
| Main Entry: | gritty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | granular |
| Synonyms: | abrasive, branlike, calculous, crumbly, dusty, friable, grainy, gravelly, in particles, loose, lumpy, permeable, porous, powdery, pulverant, rasping, rough, sabulous, sandy, scratchy |
| Antonyms: | fine, smooth |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not heavy |
| Synonyms: | agile, airy, atmospheric, buoyant, crumbly, dainty, delicate, downy, easy, effervescent, ethereal, featherweight, feathery, filmy, flimsy, floatable, floating, fluffy, friable, frothy, gossamery, graceful, imponderous, inconsequential, insubstantial, light-footed, lightweight, lithe, little, loose, meager, nimble, petty, porous, portable, sandy, sheer, slender, slight, small, spongy, sprightly, sylphlike, thin, tissuelike, trifling, trivial, unheavy, unsubstantial, weightless |
| Antonyms: | heavy, weighted |
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