crumbly

crumbly
I
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. breaking up, breaking down, falling to pieces, friable, fragile, brittle, crisp, short, frangible, apt to crumble, frail, crumbling, disintegrating, decayed, deteriorated, deteriorating, soft, corroded, rusted, rotted, oxidized, worn away, breakable, shivery, powdery, eroded, disintegrated, tumbling down; see also broken 1 , decaying , gritty 1 .
Ant. sturdy, firm*, solid.
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
friable, brittle, insubstantial, fragile.
ANT.: solid

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