fragile

fragile
fragile /'fradʒile/ agg. [dal lat. fragĭlis, der. di frangĕre "rompere"].
1. [che si rompe facilmente, spec. per urto: il vetro è f. ] ▶◀ delicato, di cartapesta, (non com.) frangibile, (poet.) frale. ◀▶ infrangibile, resistente, robusto, solido.
2. (fig.)
a. [che oppone scarsa resistenza al male fisico: persona, costituzione f. ] ▶◀ cagionevole, debole, delicato, gracile. ◀▶ forte, resistente, robusto.
b. [che non resiste alle tentazioni, che cade facilmente in colpa: la f. natura umana ] ▶◀ debole, (poet.) frale. ◀▶ saldo, fermo, forte, sicuro.
c. [di ipotesi e sim., mal costruito, poco convincente, ecc.: avere f. argomenti a propria discolpa ] ▶◀ debole, labile. ↑ fallace, inconsistente, infondato. ◀▶ consistente, fondato, forte, solido. ↑ incontestabile, indiscutibile, indubitabile.
d. (lett.) [di speranza, illusione e sim., di poca durata] ▶◀ caduco, effimero, evanescente, (poet.) frale, fugace, (lett.) fuggevole, instabile, labile, tenue. ◀▶ duraturo, durevole, stabile.

Enciclopedia Italiana. 2013.

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