fragileness
Easily shattered nature
Fragileness is the quality of being fragile—easily broken, damaged, or destroyed.
The word applies to physical objects the fragileness of ancient pottery and to abstract things like relationships or emotional states.
Fragility is far more common; fragileness appears mainly when writers want to emphasize the quality as a condition rather than a trait.
Prone to snapping
- breakabilitySusceptibility to fracture
- delicatenessState of being easily damaged
- frangibilityEase of being broken
- crumblinessTendency to break into pieces
friability · crushability · destructibility · weakness · thinness · flimsiness · tenderness · fracturability
Liability to influence
- exposureState of being unprotected
- defenselessnessState of being unprotected
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- sensitivityResponsiveness to stimuli
weakness · endangerment · precariousness · instability · tenderness · frailty · riskiness · perilousness
Refined, petite elegance
- finenessPurity or thinness measure
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- etherealnessDelicate, heavenly quality
- exquisitenessSupreme delicacy or beauty
filigree · gracefulness · laciness · lightness · sheerness · translucency · diaphanousness · wispiness
Condition of being brief
- fleetingnessQuality of passing quickly
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- evanescenceGradual disappearance from existence
- transitorinessQuality of not lasting
temporariness · perishability · volatility · mutability · precariousness · instability · tentativeness · brevity
brittleness
Prone to snapping
- breakabilitySusceptibility to fracture
- delicatenessState of being easily damaged
- frangibilityEase of being broken
crumbliness · friability · crushability · destructibility · weakness · thinness · flimsiness · tenderness · fracturability
susceptibility
Liability to influence
- exposureState of being unprotected
- defenselessnessState of being unprotected
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
sensitivity · weakness · endangerment · precariousness · instability · tenderness · frailty · riskiness · perilousness
daintiness
Refined, petite elegance
- finenessPurity or thinness measure
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- etherealnessDelicate, heavenly quality
exquisiteness · filigree · gracefulness · laciness · lightness · sheerness · translucency · diaphanousness · wispiness · airiness
ephemerality
Condition of being brief
- fleetingnessQuality of passing quickly
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- evanescenceGradual disappearance from existence
transitoriness · temporariness · perishability · volatility · mutability · precariousness · instability · tentativeness · brevity
fragilenessdurability
Resistance to wear
sturdiness · toughness · robustness · strength · solidity
fragilenessresilience
Capacity to recover quickly
toughness · fortitude · hardiness · emotional stability · robustness
fragilenessrobustness
Resistance to failure
resilience · stability · durability · antifragility · soundness
fragile, frail, fragment, fracture, fragility, infraction, refract, diffraction, fragilely