GRE vocabulary
brittle
hard but easily broken, or fragile in manner
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In a sentence
Brittle in a sentence
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Her brittle composure cracked at the first sign of bad news.
Synonyms
fragilefraildelicatebreakable
Antonyms
resilientflexible
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Common questions
Questions about “brittle”
Brittle (adjective) means hard but easily broken, or fragile in manner
Here is brittle used in an example sentence: "Her brittle composure cracked at the first sign of bad news."
Common synonyms for brittle include fragile, frail, delicate, breakable.
Antonyms of brittle include resilient, flexible.
Brittle is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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