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fickle — English Dictionary

fickle
Pronunciations
  • /ˈfɪk.əl/

Adjective

  1. Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.

    Synonyms
    flightycapriciousmercurial
    Examples
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    O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle, / If thou art fickle, what doſt thou with him / That is renown'd for faith? be fickle Fortune: / For then I hope thou wilt not keepe him long, / But ſend him backe.

    Still onward winds the dreary way; ⁠I with it; for I long to prove ⁠No lapse of moons can canker Love, Whatever fickle tongues may say.

    As night has such a local ring / And love and rock are fickle things

  2. Changeable.

    Usage
    • Figurative
    Synonyms
    erraticvertiginousroving
    Examples

    fickle breeze

    fickle stock market

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    2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014) To the south, the vast geometrical deserts of Arabian nomads, a redoubt of feral movement, of fickle winds, of open space, of saddle leather—home to the wild Bedouin tribes.

Verb

  1. To deceive, flatter.

    Usage
    • Transitive

  2. To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.

    Usage
    • UK usage
    • dialectal
    • Transitive

Adjective

  1. marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments

    Synonyms
    volatile
    Examples

    fickle friends

    a flirt's volatile affections

  2. liable to sudden unpredictable change

    Synonyms
    erraticmercurialquicksilver
    Examples

    erratic behavior

    fickle weather

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    mercurial twists of temperament

    a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next

Word forms
ficklermore fickleficklestmost fickleficklesficklingfickledfickled

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