← BackshareGuessbrickle/ˈbrɪkəl/adjectiveEasily broken or crumbled; brittle.The soil in the desert is brickle and cracks easily underfoot.Be careful with that brickle piece of pottery — it might shatter.The old, dry clay was so brickle that it fell apart in my hands.SynonymsbrittlefragilecrumblyAntonymsflexibletough