 fickle |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments | |
| Synonyms: | volatile | |
| Examples: | "fickle friends" "a flirt's volatile affections" |
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| Related terms: | inconstant | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] liable to sudden unpredictable change | |
| Synonyms: | mercurial quicksilver erratic | |
| Examples: | "erratic behavior" "fickle weather" "mercurial twists of temperament" "a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next" |
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| Related terms: | changeable | |
| Similar spelling: |
fizzle fiscal Fickel fissile fiscally |
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