fickle

(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.]

fickleness fick'le·ness n.
fickly fick'ly adv.

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adjective

Following no predictable pattern: capricious, changeable, erratic, fantastic, fantastical, freakish, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, temperamental, ticklish, uncertain, unpredictable, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile, whimsical. See change/persist, continue/stop/pause.

adj

Definition: vacillating, blowing hot and cold
Antonyms: aware, cognizant, constant, faithful, reliable, resolute, stable, steady, unchanging

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection.

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IN BRIEF: Unduly changeable in feeling, judgment, or purpose.

Because the child was so fickle it was hard to find anything for him to eat.

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• Troublesome, Negative, Irresponsible, or Unpleasant

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ubestandig, upålidelig, løs

Nederlands (Dutch)
onbestendig, wispelturig

Français (French)
adj. - inconstant, volage, capricieux, changeant, versatile, fluctuant (un marché boursier), irrégulier (un vin)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - launisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άστατος

Italiano (Italian)
instabile, volubile, mutevole, variabile, capriccioso, incostante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - volúvel

Русский (Russian)
непостоянный, неустойчивый, слабый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inestable, inconstante, antojadizo, caprichoso, tornadizo, veleidoso, versátil

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ombytlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
变幻无常的, 薄情的, 浮躁的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 變幻無常的, 薄情的, 浮躁的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 변덕스러운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 変わりやすい, 気まぐれな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متقلب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮הפכפך, קל-דעת‬

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