Synonyms for
Fragile
Definition
easily broken or damaged; delicate
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Antonyms
Common collocations
- fragile ecosystem
- fragile state
- fragile health
- fragile peace
- fragile object
- fragile ego
- fragile bond
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Usage note
Often used to describe things that are easily broken or damaged, both physically and metaphorically, such as relationships or economies.
Example sentences
- The fragile vase broke when it fell off the table.
- The butterfly's wings are so fragile that they can be easily damaged.
- My grandmother's bones are fragile because of her age.
- The castle was made of fragile sand and was destroyed by the waves.
- The fragile flower needs to be watered every day to survive.
Quotes
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art. Fragile as reason is and limited as law is as the authority of political power, the imagination of man is gladder with these symbols than with a bolder realism.
A fragile ecosystem, a little bit of pollution, and suddenly you've got some shrimp with some very questionable hormones.