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adjective
- 1. changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections: "celebs trying to appeal to an increasingly fickle public"
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FICKLE definition: 1. likely to change your opinion or your feelings suddenly and without a good reason: 2. Fickle…. Learn more.
The meaning of FICKLE is marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness. How to use fickle in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Fickle.
Fickle comes from the Old English word ficol, for deceitful. We usually use fickle to talk about people, but it can also be used for abstract things that alternately favor you and abuse you, like the weather.
noun [noncount] the fickleness of the weather. FICKLE meaning: 1 : changing often; 2 : changing opinions often.
Fickle definition: likely to change, especially due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable. See examples of FICKLE used in a sentence.
adj. 1. not constant or loyal in affections. 2. likely to change, esp. due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable: fickle weather. [before 1000; Middle English fikel, Old English ficol deceitful] fick′le•ness, n.
Definition of fickle adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English fick‧le /ˈfɪkəl/ adjective 1 someone who is fickle is always changing their mind about people or things that they like, so that you cannot depend on them – used to show disapproval OPP faithful an unpredictable and fickle lover 2 something such as weather that is fickle often changes suddenly OPP r...
1. If you describe someone as fickle, you disapprove of them because they keep changing their mind about what they like or want. [disapproval] [...] 2. If you say that something is fickle, you mean that it often changes and is unreliable. [...] More. Synonyms of 'fickle' • capricious, variable, volatile, unpredictable [...] More.
If you describe someone as fickle, you disapprove of them because they keep changing their mind about what they like or want. The group has been notoriously fickle in the past. American English : fickle / ˈfɪkəl /
