Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deceive; flatter.
- To puzzle; perplex; nonplus.
- Disposed or acting so as to deceive; deceitful; treacherous; false in intent.
- Inconstant; unstable; likely to change from caprice, irresolution, or instability: rarely applied to things except in poetry or by personification.
- Perilous; ticklish.
- Synonyms Variable, mutable, changeable, unsteady, unsettled, vacillating, fitful, volatile.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Quick to change one’s
opinion orallegiance ;insincere ; notloyal orreliable . - verb transitive To
deceive ;flatter . - verb transitive To
puzzle ;perplex ;nonplus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective liable to sudden unpredictable change
- adjective marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The word fickle give me that big pickle baby come on now you know you want to come on come on come on, oh yeah, yeah, yeah, baby!
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Instead the sense was that the mood of the crowd could change rapidly; the word fickle is used in the definitions.
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Especially in the so-called fickle word of fashion.
Jess Blanch: Vogue Paris: Let the People Weigh in Jess Blanch 2011
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How many people does that happen to in the so-called fickle word of fashion.
Jess Blanch: Vogue Paris: Let the People Weigh in Jess Blanch 2011
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Especially in the so-called fickle word of fashion.
Jess Blanch: Vogue Paris: Let the People Weigh in Jess Blanch 2011
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How many people does that happen to in the so-called fickle word of fashion.
Jess Blanch: Vogue Paris: Let the People Weigh in Jess Blanch 2011
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I'm afraid most of the nay sayers to me are just plain fickle.
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But there are impediments, namely the fickle nature of the draft and the growing impatience among fans and current players to win.
Adam Dunn and free agency: the Nationals' strategy and its risks Adam Kilgore 2010
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Walsingham describes as fickle as a reed, siding at one time with the lords and at another time with the king (689) — Richard was driven to temporise.
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And yet, in this instance, having become thoroughly convinced that he had been treating a deserving man with injustice, he had the moral courage to reverse his conduct, to unsay what he had before said, and to incur the risk of being called fickle or changeable by doing what he now believed to be the right thing.
Amos Huntingdon T.P. Wilson
sonofgroucho commented on the word fickle
As in the Fickle Finger of Fate.
January 22, 2007
dontcry commented on the word fickle
The pronunciator (aka Mike) is very fickle.
January 22, 2010