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fickle

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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.

fickle
Adjective
1. changeable in purpose, affections, etc.: notoriously fickle voters
2. (of the weather) changing often and suddenly [Old English ficol deceitful]
fickleness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fickle - marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"
inconstant - likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare
2.fickle - 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"
changeful, changeable - such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices"

fickle
Translations
fickle [ˈfɪkl] adjinconstante

fickle [ˈfɪkl] adjinconstant(e)volage, capricieux/euse

fickle [ˈfɪkl] adjunbeständig;
(weather) → wechselhaft

fickle [ˈfɪkl] adjincostante, capriccioso/a

fickle
adj fickle [ˈfikl]
always changing (one's mind, likes and dislikes etc) I think that they are fickle. wispelturig; veranderlik مُتَقَلِّب، غير مُسْتَقِر непостоянен nestálý, vrtošivý ubeslutsom wankelmütig επιπόλαιος, άστατος inconstante, voluble tujukas دمدمی مزاج oikukas inconstant הֲפַכפַּך चंचल, अस्थिर hirovit, promjenjiv, prevrtljiv ingatag selalu berubah, plin-plan hverflyndur incostante, volubile 変わりやすい 변덕스러운 nepastovus, permainingas nepastāvīgs; mainīgs; svārstīgs mudah berubah-ubah wispelturig lunefull, ustadig, uberegnelig zmienny volúvel schimbător непостоянный nestály muhast prevrtljiv ombytlig, nyckfull, vankelmodig แปรปรวน maymun iştahlı, gelgeç gönüllü 反復無常的 несталий, мінливий مذبذب hay thay đổi; không kiên định
n fickleness
wispelturigheid; veranderlikheid تَقَلُّب، عَدَم اسْتِقْرار променливост nestálost, těkavost ubeslutsomhed der Wankelmut επιπολαιότητα inconstancia, volubilidad tujukus ناپایداری oikukkuus inconstance הֲפַכפַּכוּת चंचलता, चपलता prevrtljivost, nestalnost ingatagság ketidaktetapan hverflyndi incostanza, volubilità 変わりやすさ 변덕 nepastovumas nepastāvīgums; mainīgums; svārstīgums sifat mudah berubah-ubah wispelturigheid vankelmodighet, lunefullhet niestałość volubilidade nestatornic непостоянство nestálosť muhavost prevrtljivost ombytlighet ความแปรปรวน maymun iştahlılık, gelgeç gönüllülük 變化無常 мінливість تذبذب tính hay thay đổi; tính không kiên định


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As usual, the fickle, unreasoning world took Muff Potter to its bosom and fondled him as lavishly as it had abused him before.
Because this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life, and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you.
Many girls might have been taken in, for never were such attentions; but I knew the fickle sex too well.
 
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