Changeable
['tʃeɪn(d)ʒəb(ə)l] or ['tʃendʒəbl]
Definition
(adj.) such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; 'changeable behavior'; 'changeable moods'; 'changeable prices' .
(adj.) varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; 'changeable taffeta'; 'chatoyant (or shot) silk'; 'a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent' .
(adj.) subject to change; 'a changeable climate'; 'the weather is uncertain'; 'unsettled weather with rain and hail and sunshine coming one right after the other' .
Editor: Yvonne--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.
(a.) Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Variable, inconstant, unsteady, unsteadfast, unstable, unsettled, mutable, uncertain.[2]. Fickle, wavering, vacillating, fitful, capricious, volatile, giddy, like a weather-cock.
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Examples
- Mr Wrayburn, I have had a bitter trial to-night, and I hope you will not think me ungrateful, or mysterious, or changeable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But however changeable our thoughts may be, they are not entirely without rule and method in their changes. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Then he is so changeable and unsure of himself--it requires the greatest patience and understanding to help him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The different accidents of life are not so changeable as the feelings of human nature. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I am not at all changeable; but I am not unreasonable, and should never blame you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His feelings are warm, but I can imagine them rather changeable. Jane Austen. Emma.
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