1. volatile - Noun
2. volatile - Adjective
3. volatile - Adjective Satellite
Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.
Capable of wasting away, or of easily passing into the aeriform state; subject to evaporation.
Fig.: Light-hearted; easily affected by circumstances; airy; lively; hence, changeable; fickle; as, a volatile temper.
A winged animal; wild fowl; game.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt takes patience to appreciate domestic bliss; volatile spirits prefer unhappiness. George Santayana
As love without esteem is volatile and capricious; esteem without love is languid and cold. Jonathan Swift
That most risky and volatile of all things a self-pitying majority. Christopher Hitchens
I look back over my shoulder and feel the presence of an intense young girl and then a volatile and disturbed young woman, both with high dreams and restless, romantic aspirations. Kay Redfield Jamison
Freedom and idiots make a volatile mix. And the sad truth is that the idiocy quotient in the general population is alarmingly high. Jack McDevitt
My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being. Wole Soyinka