fickle 音标拼音: [f'ɪkəl]
a . 变幻无常的,浮燥的,薄情的
变幻无常的,浮燥的,薄情的
fickle adj 1 :
marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments ; "
fickle friends "; "
a flirt '
s volatile affections " [
synonym : {
fickle }, {
volatile }]
2 :
liable to sudden unpredictable change ; "
erratic behavior ";
"
fickle weather "; "
mercurial twists of temperament "; "
a quicksilver character ,
cool and willful at one moment ,
utterly fragile the next " [
synonym : {
erratic }, {
fickle },
{
mercurial }, {
quicksilver (
a )}]
Fickle \
Fic "
kle \,
a . [
OE .
fikel untrustworthy ,
deceitful ,
AS .
ficol ,
fr .
fic ,
gefic ,
fraud ,
deceit ;
cf .
f [=
a ]
cen deceit ,
OS .
f ?
kn ,
OHG .
feichan ,
Icel .
feikn portent .
Cf . {
Fidget }.]
Not fixed or firm ;
liable to change ;
unstable ;
of a changeable mind ;
not firm in opinion or purpose ;
inconstant ;
capricious ;
as ,
Fortune '
s fickle wheel . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
They know how fickle common lovers are . --
Dryden .
Syn :
Wavering ;
irresolute ;
unsettled ;
vacillating ;
unstable ;
inconsonant ;
unsteady ;
variable ;
mutable ;
changeful ;
capricious ;
veering ;
shifting .
[
1913 Webster ]
164 Moby Thesaurus words for "
fickle ":
adrift ,
afloat ,
agnostic ,
alternating ,
ambiguous ,
ambitendent ,
ambivalent ,
amorphous ,
at loose ends ,
brittle ,
capricious ,
chancy ,
changeable ,
changeful ,
coquettish ,
corruptible ,
deciduous ,
derelict ,
desultory ,
deviable ,
dicey ,
disaffected ,
disloyal ,
dizzy ,
double -
minded ,
doubting ,
dubious ,
dying ,
eccentric ,
ephemeral ,
equivocal ,
erratic ,
evanescent ,
faddish ,
fading ,
faithless ,
false ,
fanciful ,
fast and loose ,
fence -
sitting ,
fence -
straddling ,
fitful ,
fleeting ,
flickering ,
flighty ,
flirtatious ,
flitting ,
fluctuating ,
fly -
by -
night ,
flying ,
fragile ,
frail ,
freakish ,
frivolous ,
fugacious ,
fugitive ,
giddy ,
hesitant ,
hesitating ,
impermanent ,
impetuous ,
impulsive ,
incalculable ,
inconsistent ,
inconstant ,
indecisive ,
indemonstrable ,
infirm ,
infirm of purpose ,
insubstantial ,
irregular ,
irresolute ,
irresolved ,
irresponsible ,
light ,
lubricious ,
mazy ,
mercurial ,
momentary ,
moody ,
mortal ,
mugwumpian ,
mugwumpish ,
mutable ,
nondurable ,
nonpermanent ,
not true to ,
of bad faith ,
of two minds ,
passing ,
perishable ,
polysemous ,
quicksilver ,
rambling ,
recreant ,
restless ,
roving ,
scatterbrained ,
shapeless ,
shifting ,
shifty ,
short -
lived ,
shuffling ,
skeptical ,
skittish ,
spasmodic ,
spineless ,
temperamental ,
temporal ,
temporary ,
ticklish ,
touch -
and -
go ,
toying ,
transient ,
transitive ,
transitory ,
trothless ,
unaccountable ,
uncertain ,
unconfirmable ,
uncontrolled ,
unconvinced ,
undecided ,
undependable ,
undetermined ,
undisciplined ,
undivinable ,
undurable ,
unenduring ,
unfaithful ,
unfixed ,
unforeseeable ,
unloyal ,
unpersuaded ,
unpredictable ,
unprovable ,
unreliable ,
unresolved ,
unrestrained ,
unsettled ,
unstable ,
unstable as water ,
unstaid ,
unsteadfast ,
unsteady ,
unsure ,
untrue ,
untrustworthy ,
unverifiable ,
vacillating ,
vagrant ,
variable ,
versatile ,
vicissitudinary ,
vicissitudinous ,
volatile ,
wandering ,
wanton ,
wavering ,
wavery ,
wavy ,
wayward ,
whimsical ,
wishy -
washy
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FICKLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster inconstant, fickle, capricious, mercurial, unstable mean lacking firmness or steadiness (as in purpose or devotion) inconstant implies an incapacity for steadiness and an inherent tendency to change
FICKLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary FICKLE definition: 1 likely to change your opinion or your feelings suddenly and without a good reason: 2 Fickle… Learn more
FICKLE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Fickle definition: likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable See examples of FICKLE used in a sentence
FICKLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you describe someone as fickle, you disapprove of them because they keep changing their mind about what they like or want
fickle adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and . . . Definition of fickle adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
fickle - Wiktionary, the free dictionary fickle (third-person singular simple present fickles, present participle fickling, simple past and past participle fickled) (transitive) To deceive, flatter (transitive, UK dialectal) To puzzle, perplex, nonplus
fickle - WordReference. com Dictionary of English Fickle implies an underlying perversity as a cause for the lack of stability: the fickle seasons, disappointing as often as they delight; once lionized, now rejected by a fickle public
Fickle - definition of fickle by The Free Dictionary 1 not constant or loyal in affections 2 likely to change, esp due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable: fickle weather
FICKLE Synonyms: 124 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam . . . Some common synonyms of fickle are capricious, inconstant, mercurial, and unstable While all these words mean "lacking firmness or steadiness (as in purpose or devotion)," fickle suggests unreliability because of perverse changeability and incapacity for steadfastness
Fickle Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary [more fickle; most fickle] 1 : changing often fickle weather 2 disapproving : changing opinions often fickle friends supporters