fickle
[ fik-uhl ]
/ ˈfɪk əl /
adjective
likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable: fickle weather.
not constant or loyal in affections: a fickle lover.
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Origin of fickle
First recorded before 1000; Middle English fikel, Old English ficol “deceitful,” akin to fācen “treachery,” (be)fician “to deceive,” fǣcne “deceitful,” gefic “deception”
SYNONYMS FOR fickle
2 inconstant.
synonym study for fickle
1, 2. Fickle, inconstant, capricious, vacillating describe persons or things that are not firm or steady in affection, behavior, opinion, or loyalty. 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. Inconstant suggests an innate disposition to change: an inconstant lover, flitting from affair to affair. Capricious implies unpredictable changeability arising from sudden whim: a capricious administration constantly and inexplicably changing its signals; a capricious and astounding reversal of position. Vacillating means changeable due to lack of resolution or firmness: an indecisive, vacillating leader, apparently incapable of a sustained course of action.
OTHER WORDS FROM fickle
fick·le·ness, nounun·fick·le, adjectiveWords nearby fickle
Fichte, Fichtean, Fichtelgebirge, fichu, Ficino, fickle, fickle-minded, fico, Ficoll-Hypaque technique, FICO Score, ficosis
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British Dictionary definitions for fickle
fickle
/ (ˈfɪkəl) /
adjective
changeable in purpose, affections, etc; capricious
Derived forms of fickle
fickleness, nounWord Origin for fickle
Old English ficol deceitful; related to fician to wheedle, befician to deceive
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