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fickleness

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fick·le  (fkl)
adj.
Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious.
[Middle English fikel, from Old English ficol, deceitful.]
fickle·ness n.
fickly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fickleness - unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
faithlessness, inconstancy, falseness
infidelity, unfaithfulness - the quality of being unfaithful
fickleness
Translations
fickleness [ˈfɪklnɪs] N → inconstancia f, veleidad f, volubilidad f
fickleness [ˈfɪkəlnɪs] n [person] → inconstance f
fickleness
n → Wechselhaftigkeit f, → Unbeständigkeit f; (of person also) → Wankelmütigkeit f
fickleness [ˈfɪklnɪs] n → incostanza, volubilità
fickleness [ˈfɪklnɪs] n → incostanza, volubilità


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But our travellers had scarcely the time to catch even this glimpse of it, for, with the fickleness that characterizes the air-currents of this region, a contrary wind suddenly swept them some forty miles over the surface of Lake Tchad.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
He did indeed account somewhat unfairly for this sudden change; for besides some hard and unjust surmises concerning female fickleness and mutability, he began to suspect that he owed this want of civility to his want of horses; a sort of animals which, as they dirty no sheets, are thought in inns to pay better for their beds than their riders, and are therefore considered as the more desirable company; but Mrs Whitefield, to do her justice, had a much more liberal way of thinking.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
we're not accusing you of fickleness," said Christie gayly; "although you didn't come, and we were obliged to ask Mr.
Devil's Ford by Harte, Bret View in context
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