Fickle
adjective
Changing often and unexpectedly, not consistent or loyal.
She was so fickle, you never knew whether she would come to the meeting or not.
Often appears as...
- fickle weather
- fickle fortune
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Changing often and unexpectedly, not consistent or loyal.
She was so fickle, you never knew whether she would come to the meeting or not.
Often appears as...
- fickle weather
- fickle fortune
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Fickle often implies negative judgment, used for criticizing inconsistency or unreliability.
His fickle nature made it hard to trust him.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Sometimes 'fickle' describes positive flexibility, adapting easily to change.
Her fickle tastes make her an adventurous diner.
Pro Tip 3/3Human vs Non-Human
Fickle often refers to people, but may also describe the weather, luck, or inanimate objects.
The fickle winds made it tough to sail.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Fickle often implies negative judgment, used for criticizing inconsistency or unreliability.
His fickle nature made it hard to trust him.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Sometimes 'fickle' describes positive flexibility, adapting easily to change.
Her fickle tastes make her an adventurous diner.
Pro Tip 3/3Human vs Non-Human
Fickle often refers to people, but may also describe the weather, luck, or inanimate objects.
The fickle winds made it tough to sail.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Fickle often implies negative judgment, used for criticizing inconsistency or unreliability.
His fickle nature made it hard to trust him.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Sometimes 'fickle' describes positive flexibility, adapting easily to change.
Her fickle tastes make her an adventurous diner.
Pro Tip 3/3Human vs Non-Human
Fickle often refers to people, but may also describe the weather, luck, or inanimate objects.
The fickle winds made it tough to sail.
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Video examples
A short musical...
the sky is falling the thought that we were finished was a snowfall forgot the heart of a life spared on my people difficult against me that preparing lose everything everything is everything she came from zero so I'm scared of zero in this cold world with people so fickle
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Tim Leberecht: 3 ways to...
Reputations are volatile. Loyalties are fickle. Management teams seem increasingly disconnected from their staff. A recent survey said that 27 percent of bosses believe their employees are inspired by their firm. However, in the same survey, only four percent
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The Hidden Wonders of...
deal with the ups and downs of a changing climate. That resilience means plants can grow more consistently, even when the weather is fickle. And the awesome thing is carbon-rich soils help buffer us against what is an uncertain climate future.
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The high-stakes race to...
So far, we can only control a few qubits in the same place at the same time. There are two key components involved in managing these fickle quantum states the types of particles a quantum computer uses, and how it manipulates those particles.
Video examples
This company pays kids...
but a fickle population, easily manipulated by whoever can get the most air time. So what's the solution? There are a lot of things we have to do. We need curriculum reform. We need our best and brightest encouraged to become teachers.
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Truffles PIPE National...
deep black with the lacing of white veins through them while demand is high the supply is shrinking fewer and fewer truffles are coming in but no one sure exactly why truffles grow underground around tree roots but they're fickle
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An Educational Video...
posterior plays for many other primate species I say why can't it be both their society is organized around a dominant male and a harem of multiple females the females loyalties are fickle however and
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A Collection Of Spring...
sheltered in the woods from the fickle weather jim can easily lose sense of time under a tree like this he had his first encounter with one of the rarest and shyest creatures of the pine forest
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The Bizarre Grouse of...
sheltered in the woods from the fickle weather Jim can easily lose sense of time under a tree like this he had his first encounter with one of the rarest and shyest creatures of the pine forest
Video examples
Best of African Animals...
around here you have to take every opportunity be it for food for water or for mates female Grevy's are a fickle
Video examples
A short musical...
the sky is falling the thought that we were finished was a snowfall forgot the heart of a life spared on my people difficult against me that preparing lose everything everything is everything she came from zero so I'm scared of zero in this cold world with people so fickle
Video examples
Tim Leberecht: 3 ways to...
Reputations are volatile. Loyalties are fickle. Management teams seem increasingly disconnected from their staff. A recent survey said that 27 percent of bosses believe their employees are inspired by their firm. However, in the same survey, only four percent
Video examples
The Hidden Wonders of...
deal with the ups and downs of a changing climate. That resilience means plants can grow more consistently, even when the weather is fickle. And the awesome thing is carbon-rich soils help buffer us against what is an uncertain climate future.
Video examples
The high-stakes race to...
So far, we can only control a few qubits in the same place at the same time. There are two key components involved in managing these fickle quantum states the types of particles a quantum computer uses, and how it manipulates those particles.
Video examples
This company pays kids...
but a fickle population, easily manipulated by whoever can get the most air time. So what's the solution? There are a lot of things we have to do. We need curriculum reform. We need our best and brightest encouraged to become teachers.
Video examples
Truffles PIPE National...
deep black with the lacing of white veins through them while demand is high the supply is shrinking fewer and fewer truffles are coming in but no one sure exactly why truffles grow underground around tree roots but they're fickle
Video examples
An Educational Video...
posterior plays for many other primate species I say why can't it be both their society is organized around a dominant male and a harem of multiple females the females loyalties are fickle however and
Video examples
A Collection Of Spring...
sheltered in the woods from the fickle weather jim can easily lose sense of time under a tree like this he had his first encounter with one of the rarest and shyest creatures of the pine forest
Video examples
The Bizarre Grouse of...
sheltered in the woods from the fickle weather Jim can easily lose sense of time under a tree like this he had his first encounter with one of the rarest and shyest creatures of the pine forest
Video examples
Best of African Animals...
around here you have to take every opportunity be it for food for water or for mates female Grevy's are a fickle
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Quote examples
Portia Doubleday
American Actress
Growing up I did commercials and things like that, but nothing serious. As I got older, my family is really hardcore into academics. They weren't wanting to necessarily support an acting career; it's a really fickle business, and it can be difficult and unstable. They were rooting for education and the whole nine yards.
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Hope Jahren
American Scientist
The world is a fickle place, and it's not fair. But if you're getting most of your rewards from you, then you can use that as a kind of compass, and you can be secure in the fact that you're working for the right reason, and you're going in the right direction.
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Nancy Grace
American Journalist
All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on my bread, because TV is fickle. You can be loved one day and hated the next day. One day, you're getting an award. And the next day, you're getting a death threat.
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Jocko Willink
American
Don't worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable - and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.
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Scarlett Johansson
American Actress
Just because I'm the top-grossing actress of all time does not mean I'm the highest paid. I've had to fight for everything that I have. It's such a fickle and political industry.
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Sian Clifford
English Actress
It's so important that we take auditions less seriously, take your work seriously, but take the industry a whole lot less seriously because it is so fickle.
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Fergus Henderson
English Chef
Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.
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Sajid Khan
It's true that friendships in the film industry are fickle but that holds true for life in general.
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James Howard Kunstler
American Author
The earth is a fickle place for all life, not least the human project of civilization.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
The passion for money is never fickle.
Quote examples
Portia Doubleday
American Actress
Growing up I did commercials and things like that, but nothing serious. As I got older, my family is really hardcore into academics. They weren't wanting to necessarily support an acting career; it's a really fickle business, and it can be difficult and unstable. They were rooting for education and the whole nine yards.
Quote examples
Hope Jahren
American Scientist
The world is a fickle place, and it's not fair. But if you're getting most of your rewards from you, then you can use that as a kind of compass, and you can be secure in the fact that you're working for the right reason, and you're going in the right direction.
Quote examples
Nancy Grace
American Journalist
All the criticism and all of the praise, it doesn't - it's not worth the salt that goes on my bread, because TV is fickle. You can be loved one day and hated the next day. One day, you're getting an award. And the next day, you're getting a death threat.
Quote examples
Jocko Willink
American
Don't worry about motivation. Motivation is fickle. It comes and goes. It is unreliable - and when you are counting on motivation to get your goals accomplished, you will likely fall short.
Quote examples
Scarlett Johansson
American Actress
Just because I'm the top-grossing actress of all time does not mean I'm the highest paid. I've had to fight for everything that I have. It's such a fickle and political industry.
Quote examples
Sian Clifford
English Actress
It's so important that we take auditions less seriously, take your work seriously, but take the industry a whole lot less seriously because it is so fickle.
Quote examples
Fergus Henderson
English Chef
Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.
Quote examples
Sajid Khan
It's true that friendships in the film industry are fickle but that holds true for life in general.
Quote examples
James Howard Kunstler
American Author
The earth is a fickle place for all life, not least the human project of civilization.
Quote examples
Mason Cooley
American Writer
The passion for money is never fickle.
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