English-Thai Dictionary

flighty

ADJ ที่ เปลี่ยนใจ ง่าย  ที่ ไม่แน่ นอน  ที่ เหลาะแหละ  changeable ti-pian jai-ngai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLIGHTY

a. 1. Fleeting; swift.
The flighty purpose never is o'ertook.
2. Wild; indulging the sallies of imagination.
3. Disordered in mind; somewhat delirious.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLIGHTY

FLIGHTY Flight "y, a.

 

1. Fleeting; swift; transient. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. Shak.

 

2. Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc. ; given to disorder Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind. Coleridge. A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast. J. S. Har

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flighty

flight y |ˈflītē ˈflaɪdi | ▶adjective ( flightier, flightiest ) fickle and irresponsible: you may be seen as too flighty and lightweight for real responsibility. DERIVATIVES flight i ly |ˈflītl -ē |adverb, flight i ness |ˈflītēnis |noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from flight + -y 1 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

flighty

flighty |ˈflʌɪti | ▶adjective ( flightier, flightiest ) fickle and irresponsible: her mother was a flighty Southern belle. DERIVATIVES flightily adverb, flightiness noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from flight + -y 1 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

flighty

flighty adjective his flighty sister has changed her college major four times: fickle, inconstant, mercurial, whimsical, capricious, skittish, volatile, impulsive; irresponsible, giddy, reckless, wild, careless, thoughtless. ANTONYMS steady, responsible.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

flighty

flighty adjective you may be seen as too flighty for such responsibility: fickle, erratic, changeable, inconstant, irresolute, mercurial, skittish, whimsical, capricious, volatile, unsteady, unstable, unbalanced, impulsive; irresponsible, flippant, giddy, silly, frivolous, light-minded, feather-brained, scatterbrained, scatty, reckless, wild, careless, thoughtless, heedless, carefree, insouciant; informal dippy, dopey, batty, dotty, nutty; N. Amer. informal ditzy. ANTONYMS steady; responsible.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flighty

flight y /fláɪti /形容詞 〈女性などが 〉移り気な, きまぐれな .fl í ght i ness 名詞