Meanings
nounfickleness (countable and uncountable, plural ficklenesses)
plural ficklenesses
- countableuncountableThe quality of being fickle.
Synonyms & antonyms
noununfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishfikelnesse
- Englishfickleness
From Middle English fikelnesse, equivalent to fickle + -ness.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian непостоянство
- непостоянство (nepostojanstvo)quality of being fickle
Dutch onbetrouwbaarheid, wispelturigheid
- onbetrouwbaarheidquality of being fickle
- wispelturigheidquality of being fickle
French inconstance
- inconstancequality of being fickle
German Unbeständigkeit, Wankelmut
- Unbeständigkeitquality of being fickle
- Wankelmutquality of being fickle
Norwegian Bokmål lunefullhet, vankelmot
- lunefullhetquality of being fickle
- vankelmotquality of being fickle
Russian непостоянство
- непостоянство (nepostojanstvo)quality of being fickle
Spanish veleidad
- veleidadquality of being fickle
Turkish caygınlık, döneklik
- caygınlıkquality of being fickle
- döneklikquality of being fickle
- kahpelikquality of being fickle
- kaypaklıkquality of being fickle
- hercailikquality of being fickle
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Cite this entry
APA
fickleness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fickleness
MLA
“fickleness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fickleness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fickleness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fickleness.
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