Synonyms for flighty
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : flahy-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈflaɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for flighty Other synonyms for the word flighty
Définition of flighty
Origin :- 1550s, "swift," later (1768) "fickle or frivolous," originally of skittish horses; from flight (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Flightiness.
- adj fickle, irresponsible
- A most flighty beast he was—nerves all gone—I dare say a hopeless neurasthenic.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- "Ethel is a vain, flighty woman," Marlow said, in reply to his wife's remark.
- Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
- You're growing old and forgetful, so don't get foolish and flighty.
- Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
- “You are a dear, ignorant, flighty young gentleman,” she said.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
- He found her remarkably bright and sensible and not at all "flighty."
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
- Suppose they say of you what they say of her, that you are a frivolous, flighty woman?
- Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai
- No, he would think it the most natural thing in the world for her to be so flighty.
- Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain
- But one was a little too old, and another was a good deal too flighty.
- Extract from : « The Romance of an Old Fool » by Roswell Field
- But I am not so flighty as to imagine you will pay any heed.
- Extract from : « Fantasia of the Unconscious » by D. H. Lawrence
- You and I are to keep house and look after these flighty young folks, I understand.
- Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence
Antonyms for flighty
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