fragility
/fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/
fragility noun: the condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
Noun
fragility (countable and uncountable, plural fragilities)
- The condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
- It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36
- Synonyms:
- fragileness
- Weakness; feebleness.
- Liability to error and sin; frailty.
fragility meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
fragility in Hindi
- condition or quality of being fragile
- भंगुरता bhaṅgurtā
fragility in Tamil
- உடைதன்மை, உடையுமை, எதிர்ப்புக்குற, நோய் தடுப்பாற்றலற்ற, நோய்த் தொற்றும்
fragility in Urdu
- نزاکت
fragility in Bengali
- ভঙ্গুরতা
More languagesFewer languages
- fragility in Odia
- ଭଙ୍ଗୁରତା
- fragility in Nepali
- नाजुकता
- fragility in Malay
- kerapuhan
Synonyms of fragility
Forms of fragility
| plural | fragilities |
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Origin of fragility
Borrowed from Middle French fragilité, from Latin fragilitās. Doublet of frailty. Morphologically fragile + -ity.
Words formed from fragility
Phrases with fragility
Words that rhyme with fragility
- sensibility
- utility
- facility
- ability
- disability
- compatibility
- possibility
- probability
- fertility
- futility
- impossibility
- senility
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- virility
- vulnerability
- agility
- capability
- comfortability
- flexibility
- hostility
- improbability
- indomitability
- instability
- juvenility
- nobility
- stability
- accommodability
- affability
- backward compatibility
- backwards compatibility
- bouncebackability
- chewability
- creatability
- debility
- diffability
- ductility
- forward compatibility
- forwards compatibility
- fuckability
- humility
- impressionability
- ineffability
- irascibility
- manageability
- mutility
- tabability
- unassailability
- upward compatibility
- versatility
Questions about fragility
- What does fragility mean?
- Fragility means the condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
- What is fragility in Hindi?
- Fragility in Hindi is भंगुरता (bhaṅgurtā). See Fragility meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fragility?
- Fragility is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fragility?
- Fragility is pronounced /fɹəˈd͡ʒɪlɪti/.
- What is the plural of fragility?
- The plural of fragility is fragilities.
Words near fragility in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fragility (page history and authors); fragility (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fragility (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fragility (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fragility (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fragility (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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