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📖 Определения и значения для слова brittle

📒 hard but easily broken

  • brittle bones/nails
  • The paint was brittle with age.
  • She had thin, brittle, permed hair.

📒 a brittle mood or state of mind is one that appears to be happy or strong but is actually nervous and easily damaged

  • a brittle temperament

📒 hard and sharp in an unpleasant way

  • a brittle laugh
  • ‘Not at all,’ she said in a brittle voice, avoiding his eye.
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