Brittled

having hardness and rigidity but little tensile strength; breaking readily with a comparatively smooth fracture, as glass.
easily damaged or destroyed; fragile; frail:
a brittle marriage.
lacking warmth, sensitivity, or compassion; aloof; self-centered:
a self-possessed, cool, and rather brittle person.
having a sharp, tense quality:
a brittle tone of voice.
unstable or impermanent; evanescent.
a confection of melted sugar, usually with nuts, brittle when cooled:
peanut brittle.
to be or become brittle; crumble.
adjective
easily cracked, snapped, or broken; fragile
curt or irritable: a brittle reply
hard or sharp in quality
noun
a crunchy sweet made with treacle and nuts: peanut brittle
adj.
brittle
(brĭt’l)
Having a tendency to break when subject to high stress. Brittle materials have undergone very little strain when they reach their elastic limit, and tend to break at that limit. Compare ductile.