flighty

flighty
adj
changeful, capricious, whimsical, fanciful, impulsive; fickle, skittish, inconstant, moon-ish, changeable, variable, faddish; mercurial, volatile, undependable, unsteady, unstable; delirious, lightheaded, rattlebrained, harebrained, half-witted, mad, crazy, unbalanced, eccentric, wild, extravagant; giddy, frivolous, flyaway, fitful, erratic, irregular, spasmodic, uneven; irresolute, uncertain, indecisive, undecided, vacillating, wavering, shilly-shallying, infirm of purpose.
2. irresponsible, wayward, wanton, reckless, thoughtless, heedless, lawless, abnormal, heteroclite, deviative, stray.

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  • flighty — index capricious, frivolous, inconsistent, irresponsible, thoughtless, volatile Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • flighty — 1550s, swift, later (1768) fickle or frivolous, originally of skittish horses; from FLIGHT (Cf. flight) (1) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Flightiness …   Etymology dictionary

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  • flighty — ► ADJECTIVE (flightier, flightiest) ▪ frivolous and fickle. DERIVATIVES flightiness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • flighty — [flīt′ē] adj. flightier, flightiest [ FLIGHT1 + Y2] 1. given to sudden whims; not taking things seriously; frivolous or irresponsible 2. easily excited, upset, etc. flightily adv. flightiness n …   English World dictionary

  • flighty — adjective (flightier; est) Date: 1552 1. swift 2. lacking stability or steadiness: a. easily upset ; volatile < a flighty temper > b. easily excited ; skittish < a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • flighty — [[t]fla͟ɪti[/t]] flightier, flightiest ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is flighty, you disapprove of them because they are not very serious or reliable and keep changing from one activity, idea, or partner to another. Isabelle… …   English dictionary

  • flighty — UK [ˈflaɪtɪ] / US adjective Word forms flighty : adjective flighty comparative flightier superlative flightiest changing your opinions and behaviour often, and not serious or reliable …   English dictionary

  • flighty — flightily, adv. flightiness, n. /fluy tee/, adj., flightier, flightiest. 1. given to flights of fancy; capricious; frivolous. 2. slightly delirious; light headed; mildly crazy. 3. irresponsible: He said I was too flighty to be a good supervisor.… …   Universalium

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