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fickle Definition

fickle (fikəl)

adjective

changeable or unstable in affection, interest, loyalty, etc.; capricious

Etymology: ME fikel < OE ficol, tricky < base of befician, to deceive, akin to gefic, betrayal, deceit: for IE base see fey

fickle Related Forms

fickle·ness noun

fickle Synonyms

fickle

modif.

  1. Not to be relied upon

    capricious, whimsical, mercurial; see changeable 1, 2.

  2. Unfaithful in love

    faithless, inconstant, coquettish, flirtatious, flighty, untrue; see also flirtatious.

    Antonyms faithful*, loving*, true. See syn. study at inconstant.inconstant.

fickle Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • breeze: Afloat, wind conditions varied from a full 30 knot blast to fickle sea breeze meets ambient wind.
  • bunch: Athletes are a fickle bunch, only seeking counsel from people we have come to trust.
  • finger: Amstrad boss Sir Alan needs to point his fickle finger at whoever was responsible.
  • wind: It's more sheltered in fickle winds, bigger swells or close to high tide.
  • fan: I'm sort of a really fickle football fan.
  • nature: What models don't include is the fickle nature of people.

Modifying Another Word

  • notoriously: Winter in Scotland is notoriously fickle at the best of times.
  • so: Even in the height of summer, or should I say the summer season, the weather can be so fickle.
  • very: The people are a very fickle baby that must have new toys every day.
  • too: The time stream is too fickle to be messing with.
  • often: Merlot is often fickle to grow in Northern regions but the arrival of new hardier clones mean it could do quite well in Auckland.
  • not: I'm not fickle, it's just been this sort of year.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: She has left Spike, and seems fickle, while Spike's love seem eternal.
  • become: I would never criticize the fans for becoming fickle.
  • prove: The New Labor generation has already proved more fickle.

Browse dictionary entries near fickle

  1. fichu
  2. Fichte
  3. fiche
  4. -fication
  5. FICA
  6. -fic
  7. fibula
  8. fibrovascular
  9. fibrous
  10. fibrositis
  1. FICON
  2. fict
  3. fictile
  4. fiction
  5. fictionalize
  6. fictitious
  7. fictive
  8. ficus
  9. fid
  10. -fid