Definition of frugle
1. fragile [ a ] easily broken or damaged or destroyed
Examples:
"a kite too delicate to fly safely"
"fragile porcelain plates"
"fragile old bones"
"a frail craft"
(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)
Some liar 's logic , a wisp of optimism as fragile as the scent of tropical blossoms that came_through the window ( a euphoria perhaps engendered by the pill Fritzie had given her ) , consoled her for a moment .
(Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)
Thornburg knew , better than any of them , that a public image was as fragile as Humpty_Dumpty .
Synonyms fragile delicate frail Related Terms breakable2. fragile [ a ] vulnerably delicate
Examples:
"she has the fragile beauty of youth"
(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)
He thought how this dainty , fragile older woman threading her way through the streets of Westminster on a day in June , enjoying the flowers in the shops , the greetings from old friends , but never really drawing a deep , passionate breath , was so like himself .
(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)
It was a face that had lost its childlike softness and was beginning to fold within its fragile features a harshness that belied the lyric lines of its contours .
Synonyms fragile Related Terms delicate3. fragile [ a ] lacking solidity or strength
Examples:
"a flimsy table"
"flimsy construction"
"a fragile link with the past"
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