flighty
pronunciation
How to pronounce flighty in British English:
UK [ˈflaɪti]
How to pronounce flighty in American English:
US [ˈflaɪti]
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- Adjective:
- irresponsibly frivolous
- absent-mindedly irresponsible
Word Origin
- flighty (adj.)
- 1550s, "swift," from flight (n.1) + -y (2). Sense of "fickle or frivolous" is from 1768, perhaps from notion of "given to 'flights' of imagination." Related: Flightiness.
Synonym
uncertain fitful giddy vacillating inconstant volatile eccentric uneven unsteady unbalanced changeful moonish undependable unstable whimsical impulsive changeable mercurial irresolute capricious erratic spasmodic wavering fickle frivolous variable fanciful skittish extravagant flyaway indecisive
Example
- 1. I 've been looking at flighty modern buildings in los angeles shanghai london and dubai .
- 2. Despite a flighty mitfordesque relation and ( soon ) a lesbian romance , there is relatively little hanky-panky .
- 3. America , in short , is both promiscuous and flighty when it comes to " special " relationships .
- 4. Their almost flighty nature causes them to be a bit scatter-brained at times .
- 5. You might think others are flighty in their need for change but after all is variety not the spice of life ?