English-Thai Dictionary

fickle

ADJ แปรปรวน  ซึ่ง ไม่แน่ นอน  ซึ่ง ขึ้นๆ  ลงๆ  capricious whimsical inconstant predictable constant pare-puan

 

fickleness

N ความ ไม่ คงที่ เปลี่ยนแปลง ได้  ความ เอา แน่ เอา นอน ไม่ได้  ความเป็นไป ตามอารมณ์ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FICKLE

a.[L. vacillo; Gr. ; Heb. to stagger. ] 1. Wavering; inconstant; unstable; of a changeable mind; irresolute; not firm in opinion or purpose; capricious.
They know how fickle common lovers are.
2. Not fixed or firm; liable to change or vicissitude; as a fickle state.

 

FICKLENESS

n. 1. A wavering; wavering disposition; inconstancy; instability; unsteadiness in opinion or purpose; as the fickleness of lovers.
2. Instability; changeableness; as the fickleness of fortune.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FICKLE

Fic "kle, a. Etym: [OE. fikel untrustworthy, deceitful, AS. ficol, fr. fic, gefic, fraud, deceit; cf. facen deceit, OS. f, OHG. feichan, Icel. feikn portent. Cf. Fidget. ]

 

Defn: Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel. Shak. They know how fickle common lovers are. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- Wavering; irresolute; unsettled; vacillating; unstable; inconsonant; unsteady; variable; mutable; changeful; capricious; veering; shifting.

 

FICKLENESS

FICKLENESS Fic "kle *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being fickle; instability; inconsonancy. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fickle

fick le |ˈfikəl ˈfɪkəl | ▶adjective changing frequently, esp. as regards one's loyalties, interests, or affection: Web patrons are a notoriously fickle lot, bouncing from one site to another on a whim | the weather is forever fickle. DERIVATIVES fick ly |ˈfik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN Old English ficol ‘deceitful. ’

 

fickleness

fick le ness |ˈfikəlnəs | ▶noun changeability, esp. as regards one's loyalties or affections: the fickleness of youth.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fickle

fickle |ˈfɪk (ə )l | ▶adjective changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections: celebs trying to appeal to an increasingly fickle public. DERIVATIVES fickly adverb ORIGIN Old English ficol ‘deceitful ’, of Germanic origin.

 

fickleness

fickle |ness |ˈfɪklnəs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] changeability, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections: the fickleness of youth.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fickle

fickle adjective the fickle Loretta has a different boyfriend every month: capricious, changeable, variable, volatile, mercurial; inconstant, undependable, unsteady, unfaithful, faithless, flighty, giddy, skittish; fair-weather; technical labile; literary mutable. ANTONYMS constant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fickle

fickle adjective today's fickle fans demand instant success: capricious, changeable, variable, volatile, mercurial, vacillating, fitful, irregular; inconstant, disloyal, undependable, unstable, unsteady, unfaithful, faithless; irresolute, flighty, giddy, skittish, erratic, impulsive; unpredictable, random; informal blowing hot and cold; technical labile; literary mutable. ANTONYMS constant; stable. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD fickle, inconstant, changeable, capricious See inconstant . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

fickleness

fickleness noun the fickleness of public taste: capriciousness, changeability, variability, volatility, vacillation, fitfulness, irregularity, tendency to blow hot and cold; disloyalty, undependability, inconstancy, instability, unsteadiness, infidelity, unfaithfulness, faithlessness; irresolution, flightiness, giddiness, skittishness, impulsiveness; unpredictability, unpredictableness, randomness; technical lability; literary mutability. ANTONYMS constancy, stability.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fickle

fick le /fɪ́k (ə )l /形容詞 1 ｟否定的に ｠〈人 愛情 人気などが 〉気まぐれの, 浮気な, 移り気な .2 〈天候などが 〉不安定な, 変わりやすい .～ness 名詞