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fickle
fick·le F0103700 (fĭk′əl)adj. Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious. [Middle English fikel, from Old English ficol, deceitful.] fick′le·ness n.fick′ly adv.fickle (ˈfɪkəl) adjchangeable in purpose, affections, etc; capricious[Old English ficol deceitful; related to fician to wheedle, befician to deceive] ˈfickleness nfick•le (ˈfɪk əl) adj. 1. not constant or loyal in affections. 2. likely to change, esp. due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable: fickle weather. [before 1000; Middle English fikel, Old English ficol deceitful] fick′le•ness, n. syn: fickle, inconstant, capricious 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: 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 reversal of policy. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | fickle - marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; "fickle friends"; "a flirt's volatile affections"volatileinconstant - 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"erratic, mercurial, quicksilverchangeful, changeable - such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices" |
fickleadjective capricious, variable, volatile, unpredictable, unstable, unfaithful, temperamental, mercurial, unsteady, faithless, changeable, quicksilver, vacillating, fitful, flighty, blowing hot and cold, mutable, irresolute, inconstant They are fickle, faithless and lewd. predictable, firm, true, settled, stable, constant, reliable, loyal, faithful, staunch, resolute, trustworthy, steadfast, invariable, changelessfickleadjectiveFollowing no predictable pattern:capricious, changeable, erratic, fantastic, fantastical, freakish, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile, whimsical.Translationsfickle (ˈfikl) adjective always changing (one's mind, likes and dislikes etc). I think that they are fickle. 善變的 反复无常的ˈfickleness noun 變化無常 变化无常fickle
fucked by the fickle finger of fatevulgar slang Very unlucky; going through an unfortunate turn of events. I'd like to have some good luck for once, I'm tired of being fucked by the fickle finger of fate.See also: by, fate, fickle, finger, fuck, offickle fortuneCapricious fate. The alliteration of this phrase has long appealed to writers, and the idea behind it is even older. The expression appeared in the sixteenth century, in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet (3.5)—“O fortune, fortune! all men call thee fickle”—and elsewhere. Benjamin Franklin also used it: “Fortune is as fickle as she’s fair” (Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1749). Laugh-In, a popular television show of the 1960s and 1970s, used a similar expression, the fickle finger of fate, in a mock talent contest (“Who knows when the fickle finger of fate may beckon you to stardom?”), and issued a mock prize to the winner, the Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award. According to Eric Partridge, “f——d by the fickle finger of fate” was Canadian armed forces slang in the 1930s for being fouled up in some way, and this probably was the source of the Laugh-In usage. See also wheel of fortune. See also: fickle, fortunefickle
Synonyms for fickleadj capriciousSynonyms- capricious
- variable
- volatile
- unpredictable
- unstable
- unfaithful
- temperamental
- mercurial
- unsteady
- faithless
- changeable
- quicksilver
- vacillating
- fitful
- flighty
- blowing hot and cold
- mutable
- irresolute
- inconstant
Antonyms- predictable
- firm
- true
- settled
- stable
- constant
- reliable
- loyal
- faithful
- staunch
- resolute
- trustworthy
- steadfast
- invariable
- changeless
Synonyms for fickleadj following no predictable patternSynonyms- capricious
- changeable
- erratic
- fantastic
- fantastical
- freakish
- inconsistent
- inconstant
- mercurial
- temperamental
- ticklish
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- unstable
- unsteady
- variable
- volatile
- whimsical
Synonyms for fickleadj marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachmentsSynonymsRelated Wordsadj liable to sudden unpredictable changeSynonyms- erratic
- mercurial
- quicksilver
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