fickle

Speech parts

1. fickle - Adjective

2. fickle - Verb

3. fickle - Adjective Satellite

4. Fickle - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

quicksilver variable unstable shifting volatile erratic mutable capricious wavering irresolute unsettled unsteady vacillating mercurial changeful
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Antonyms

allegiant tempest liege even good certain
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Phrases with the word

fickle luck fickle attitude

Anagrams

Fickel

Examples

Who o'er the herd would wish to reign, Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain Vain as the leaf upon the stream, And fickle as a changeful dream Fantastic as a woman's mood, And fierce as Frenzy's fever'd blood. Thou many-headed monster thing, Oh who would wish to be thy king. Walter Scott

O, swear not by the moon, the fickle moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. William Shakespeare

Each man has a breaking point, no matter how strong his spirit. Somewhere, deep inside him, there is a flaw that only the fickle cruelty of fate can find. David Gemmell

Women are as fickle as April weather. German Proverb

Many a sweet maid when one knows her mind is fickle found towards men. Norse Proverb

There is naught so vile as a fickle tongue. Norse Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Ficker Fickes Fickett fickle attitude fickle finger of fate fickle luck