English

fickle

adjective

Quick to change one's opinion, loyalty, or affections; unreliable or insincere.

In other words: capricious, flighty, mercurial

  • Her fickle support vanished as soon as the campaign turned difficult.
figurative

Changeable; unstable.

In other words: erratic, variable, changeable

  • The weather was fickle all week, shifting from sun to rain.
verb

To deceive or flatter.

In other words: deceive, flatter, cajole

  • He tried to fickle the guard into opening the gate.
regional

To puzzle, perplex, or nonplus.

In other words: puzzle, perplex, nonplus

  • The riddle fickled everyone in the room.
name

A surname.

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