FRANGIBLE Synonyms

• caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets

• having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped

• lacking warmth and generosity of spirit

• (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured

• exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury

• marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique

• easily broken or damaged or destroyed

• easily hurt

• developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety

• difficult to handle; requiring great tact

• of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely

• easily broken or damaged or destroyed

• vulnerably delicate

• lacking substance or significance

• (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of

• easily impressed emotionally

• wanting in physical strength

• overly diluted; thin and insipid

• (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress

• wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

• tending downward in price

• deficient or lacking in some skill

• lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

• (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection

• not having authority, political strength, or governing power

• deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

• likely to fail under stress or pressure

• deficient in intelligence or mental power