Inconstant
[ɪn'kɒnst(ə)nt] or [ɪn'kɑnstənt]
Definition
(adj.) likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; 'inconstant affections'; 'an inconstant lover'; 'swear not by...the inconstant moon'- Shakespeare .
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Definition
(a.) Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship.
Checker: Olivier
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Changeable, fickle, capricious, vacillating, wavering, unsteady, like a weathercock.[2]. Unstable, mutable, variable, unsettled, uncertain.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fickle, mutable, variable, fitful, unstable, unsteadfast, changeable,[SeeCAPRICIOUS]
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Definition
adj. subject to change: fickle.—n. Incon′stancy.—adv. Incon′stantly.
Typist: Miguel
Examples
- I don't believe you will ever be inconstant. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- How then can I remain constant to your inconstant charms? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Human nature is too inconstant to admit of any such regularity. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- What is casual and inconstant gives but little joy, and less pride. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This relation alone is too feeble and inconstant to be a foundation for these passions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- No wonder a principle so inconstant and fallacious should lead us into errors, when implicitly followed (as it must be) in all its variations. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Their energy of intelligence is so feeble and inconstant that it is constantly overpowered by bodily appetite and passion. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- What more inconstant than the desires of man? David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- How inconstant are your feelings! Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Its vacillating effulgence seems to say that its state, even like ours upon earth, is wavering and inconstant; it fears, methinks, and it loves. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I really had some thoughts of breaking my heart for the inconstant creature. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Miguel