mercurial
adjective
noun
Origin of mercurial
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Antonyms for mercurial
Related Words for mercurial
impulsive, unpredictable, volatile, effervescent, changeable, resilient, erratic, buoyant, capricious, elastic, expansive, fickle, flaky, flip, gay, inconstant, irregular, irrepressible, lighthearted, livelyExamples from the Web for mercurial
Contemporary Examples of mercurial
Since the recession, a mercurial job market has made it difficult for many vets to find steady employment.
I think that Michael would hate to be falsely remembered as perfect in retrospect—he was mercurial, impulsive, and intense.
They are superstitious, violent, passionate, mercurial, and secretive, with a greater belief in dragons than in any saint.
But Chechnya has become a republic of fear, the fiefdom of one man: its mercurial 36-year-old president, Ramzan Kadyrov.
But I press on, because my mercurial editor is emailing me, “When are you filing that bitcoin story!??”
Historical Examples of mercurial
Of a fiery, mercurial disposition, his temper flew in a moment.
War from the InsideFrederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock
He is of that deep, mercurial disposition that attracts women.
The Spoilers of the ValleyRobert Watson
The champagne was bubbling trickily in the veins of the mercurial statesmen.
Cabbages and KingsO. Henry
Vidi, measures approximately, but not with the permanence of the mercurial.
The Sailor's Word-BookWilliam Henry Smyth
He took iodide of potassium for a time after his mercurial course.
The Electric BathGeorge M. Schweig