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fickle

[ fik-uhl ]

adjective

  1. likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable:

    fickle weather.

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  2. not constant or loyal in affections:

    a fickle lover.

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fickle

/ ˈ´Úɪ°ìÉ™±ô /

adjective

  1. changeable in purpose, affections, etc; capricious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ´Ú¾±³¦°ì±ô±ð²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ú¾±³¦°ìl±ð·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·´Ú¾±³¦°ìl±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of fickle1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English fikel, Old English ficol “d±ð³¦±ð¾±³Ù´Ú³Ü±ô,†akin to ´ÚÄ峦±ð²Ô “t°ù±ð²¹³¦³ó±ð°ù²â,†(be)fician “to deceive,†´ÚÇ£³¦²Ô±ð “d±ð³¦±ð¾±³Ù´Ú³Ü±ô,†gefic “d±ð³¦±ð±è³Ù¾±´Ç²Ôâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of fickle1

Old English ficol deceitful; related to fician to wheedle, befician to deceive
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Synonym Study

Fickle, inconstant, capricious, vacillating describe persons or things that are not firm or steady in affection, behavior, opinion, or loyalty. Fickle implies an underlying perversity as a cause for the lack of stability: the fickle seasons, disappointing as often as they delight; once lionized, now rejected by a fickle public. Inconstant suggests an innate disposition to change: an inconstant lover, flitting from affair to affair. Capricious implies unpredictable changeability arising from sudden whim: a capricious administration constantly and inexplicably changing its signals; a capricious and astounding reversal of position. Vacillating means changeable due to lack of resolution or firmness: an indecisive, vacillating leader, apparently incapable of a sustained course of action.
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Private companies, too, have proved fickle in their commitment.

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But with an election scheduled for May 2026, any fickle bonds of unity are likely to evaporate as quickly as they formed.

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Pay-TV providers, including Google, are motivated to control costs to attract and retain fickle subscribers who have an abundance of viewing options.

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Unlike the fickle, fleeting peace that can be derived from forcing pain onto others, true harmony comes from unity and the journey toward it.

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Thank goodness, just when I was beginning to worry that famous people have become exempt from karma’s fickle wrath.

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