Synonyms for fitfulness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fit-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪt fəl

Top 10 synonyms for fitfulness

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Définition of fitfulness

Origin : used once by Shakespeare ("Macbeth," 1605) in sense of "characterized by fits," then revived by Scott (1810) with a sense of "shifting, changing." From fit (n.2) + -ful. Related: Fitfully; fitfulness.

As in instability : noun imbalance, inconstancy
As in restlessness : noun constant motion; discontent
As in caprice : noun sudden change of behavior
As in inquietude : noun restlessness
As in insecureness : noun instability
As in precariousness : noun instability
As in restiveness : noun restlessness
As in ricketiness : noun unstableness
As in shakiness : noun instability
As in unease : noun restlessness
As in unstableness : noun unsteadiness
As in unsteadiness : noun unstableness
As in unsureness : noun instability

Example sentences :

Ministerial appointments were staggering in their fitfulness, and appeared to the people as a kind of absurdity.
Extract from : « The Russian Turmoil » by Anton Ivanovich Denikin

His impenetrable reserve chills the warmth of enthusiasm, while the fitfulness of his morals produces constant inquietude.
Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz

But now what fitfulness of temper this, to carry off by violence, to rob my soul of one, the choicest jewel of his tribe.
Extract from : « Sacred Books of the East » by Various

The rains, the winds and the waves, the complexity and the fitfulness of nature, are always before him.
Extract from : « Records of a Family of Engineers » by Robert Louis Stevenson

He however said he would come again in the morning, as there was a fitfulness in my father's pulse which he did not like.
Extract from : « Cynthia Wakeham's Money » by Anna Katharine Green

He describes him as of small stature, but of sharp and keen wit, with a mind tinged with melancholy and fitfulness.
Extract from : « The Story of an Ancient Parish » by H. R. Coulthard

There was sometimes a bit of waywardness about Leslie Goldthwaite; there was a fitfulness of frankness and reserve.
Extract from : « A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's Life. » by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

Here we have clear recognition of the two great characters of sex impulse, its violence and its fitfulness.
Extract from : « The Social Emergency » by Various

The fitfulness of the winds had found its way into my feelings, and the somber tone of the clouds into my meditations.
Extract from : « Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. » by John Uri Lloyd

It takes a picture of the energy exerted, and of the regularity or fitfulness of the manner in which energy is exerted.
Extract from : « Civics and Health » by William H. Allen

Antonyms for fitfulness

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