fragile

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   vulnerably delicate

   They have the fragile beauty of youth.

2. 2
   adj

   Easily broken, not sturdy; of delicate material.

   She caught the fragile vase before it could shatter on the floor.

3. 3
   adj

   Readily disrupted or destroyed.

   The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region.

4. 4
   adj

   Thin-skinned or oversensitive.

   He is a very fragile person and gets easily depressed.

5. 5
   adj

   easily broken or damaged or destroyed

6. 6
   adj

   lacking substance or significance

7. 7
   adj

   Feeling weak or easily disturbed as a result of illness.

8. 8
   noun

   Something that is fragile.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French fragile, from Latin fragilis, formed on frag-, the root of frangere (“to break”). Cognate with fraction, fracture and doublet of frail.