Antonyms for fragile

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fraj-uh l; British fraj-ahyl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrædʒ əl; British ˈfrædʒ aɪl

Definition of fragile

Origin : 1510s, "liable to sin, morally weak;" c.1600, "liable to break;" a back-formation from fragility, or else from Middle French fragile (14c.), from Latin fragilis (see fragility). Transferred sense of "frail" (of persons) is from 1858.

adj breakable, dainty

Example sentences :

You have seen that life is fragile, and evil is real, and courage triumphs.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

How fragile as spider-webs, how almost laughable they seemed down here!
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

In the legend she is a fragile woman guided by a divine soul.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

There was a crunching of fragile bones, and warm blood ran in his mouth.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

For had he crashed, or smashed that fragile tube, all would have been in vain.
Extract from : « Spawn of the Comet » by Harold Thompson Rich

This species is much more delicate and fragile than B. Boltoni.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

By her fragile side he looks like Hercules, but he is unconscious of this.
Extract from : « Sielanka: An Idyll » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

A fragile domesticity I seem to half surprise In the evasions of those eyes.
Extract from : « Silhouettes » by Arthur Symons

He was dead, his fragile Martian skull split open by my blow.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various

But Lilla, so fragile and moody, dreamed of physical strength and a triumphant will.
Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman

Synonyms for fragile

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