2. ailing, unwell, infirm, unsound, sickly,
fragility, n. 1. delicacy, frailness, brittleness, frailty, breakableness, frangibility, crumbliness, friability; flimsiness, ricketiness, shakiness, unstableness, unsteadiness, decrepitude.
2. frailness, weakness, infirmity; caducity, transitoriness, tenuousness, shallowness, hollowness, precariousness.
fragment, n. 1. part, particle, piece; chip, chink, shard, smithereen, splinter, sliver; scrap, bit, snip, snippet, wisp, tatter, corner; morsel, crumb, ort; modicum, iota, whit, mite, trifle.
2. remnant, fraction, section, segment, remainder; snatch, shred, sample, specimen, dose, taste; bits and pieces, dribs and drabs,
fragmentary, adj. 1. broken, imperfect, disconnected, detached, disjunct, interrupted, spasmodic; discontinuous, intermittent, uneven; incomplete, unfinished, sketchy, rough, perfunctory, truncated, cut short. 2. scattered, piecemeal, odd, separate, discrete,
fragrance, n. 1. aroma, fragrancy, redolence, balm, balminess, bouquet; odor, smell.
2. cologne, eau de cologne, toilet water, sachet; perfume, scent, attar, extract,
fragrant, adj. aromatic, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, odoriferous, odorous, redolent, spicy, balmy, ambrosial, perfumed,
frail, adj. 1. fragile, brittle, perishable. See - fragile
(def 1).
2. delicate, ailing, unwell, infirm, unsound, sickly; thin, slender, thin as six o'clock, thin as a shadow, slender as a reed or rail; slight, puny, wispy, ethereal, unsubstantial, shadowy.
3. weak, susceptible, impressionable, malleable,
plastic, unresisting, easily led, vulnerable, unguarded.
frailty, n. 1. delicacy, fragility, weakness, infirmity,
caducity; thinness, puniness; susceptibility, suggestibility, impressionability.
2. fault, failing, flaw, imperfection, defect, deficiency; foible, weak side, moral weakness, fallibility, peccability.
frame, n. 1. structure, construction, scaffolding,
casing, framing, framework; support, substructure, foundation, groundwork, underpinning; beams, rafters, girders; skeleton, shell, body, chassis, hull; backbone, spine, chine.
2. shape, size, build, figure, physique; contour, outline.
3. state of mind, mood, humor, spirit; temperament, temper, disposition, nature, character.
4. form, fabric, texture, make, mold, stamp; constitution, make-up, composition, configuration; order, scheme, plan, grid.
-v. 5. construct, build, assemble, set up, put to
gether; erect, elevate, raise, rear, put up; make, fabricate, manufacture, produce; form, fashion, mold, model, shape; forge, carve, hew.
6. create, invent, concoct, hatch, originate, coin; contrive, devise, formulate, put together; compose, indite, draft, draw up, redact; set up, establish, constitute, institute; plan, scheme, project, organize, systematize, block out, map out, sketch, design; conceive, imagine.
7. encase, enclose, box.
framer, n. constructor, builder, assembler; maker, fabricator, manufacturer; creator, inventor, originator, former, founder, planner, organizer; composer, in-diter, author, artist, designer, sketcher.
framework, n. 1. structure, skeleton, scaffolding, frame. See - frame (def. 1).