shattery
Prone to breaking
Shattery describes something fragile and prone to breaking into pieces, or already in a state of being shattered.
Glass left too long in the sun becomes shattery.
The word can extend to emotional states—feeling shattery after bad news suggests being on the verge of falling apart.
The old window panes had gone shattery with age.
Easily broken or damaged
- breakableCapable of shattering
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- frangibleCapable of being broken
- friableReadily reduced to fragments
splinter · fracture · snap · crack · crumble · shards · disintegrate · flimsy
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
friable · splinter · fracture · snap · crack · crumble · shards · disintegrate · flimsy · tenuous
crunchy
Breaking with sound
toast · biscuit · cereal · tortilla · pretzel · nacho · pita · popcorn · flaky · baked
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
dainty · wispy · gauzy · diaphanous · filigree · insubstantial · lacy · eggshell · cobwebby · papery
shatteryunbreakable
Impossible to damage
shatterproof · indestructible · durable · tough · resilient
- shattered dreamsHopes violently ended
- shattered glassFragmented transparent material
- shattered illusions
- shattered mirrorReflective surface in pieces
- absolutely shattered
- shattered boneSkeletal element broken apart
shatter, shattered, shattering, shatters, shatterproof, shatterer, shatterers, unshattered, shatteringly