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Synonyms for inconstancy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-kon-stuhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈkɒn stənt

Top 10 synonyms for inconstancy
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Définition of inconstancy

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Latin inconstantia (see inconstance).
  • As in infidelity : noun disloyalty to an obligation
  • As in restlessness : noun constant motion; discontent
  • As in vagary : noun caprice
  • As in weakness : noun defect, proneness
  • As in fluctuation : noun vacillation
  • As in vacillation : noun irresolution
  • As in caprice : noun sudden change of behavior
  • As in unfaithfulness : noun infidelity
  • As in inquietude : noun restlessness
  • As in perfidiousness : noun faithlessness
  • As in perfidy : noun faithlessness
  • As in restiveness : noun restlessness
  • As in traitorousness : noun faithlessness
  • As in treacherousness : noun faithlessness
  • As in unease : noun restlessness
  • As in weak point : noun weakness
  • As in disloyalty : noun unfaithfulness
  • As in faithlessness : noun disloyalty
  • As in flightiness : noun irresponsibility
Example sentences :
  • It was not long before they had to pay a heavy penalty for their treachery and inconstancy.
  • Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
  • But it is necessary for me, for my honor, to prevent the scandal of her inconstancy.
  • Extract from : « The Middle Class Gentleman » by Moliere
  • Her flightiness or inconstancy was of the most dangerous kind.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • He was tired of her, and yet he seems to have been ashamed to confess his inconstancy.
  • Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • Others are ceramic satires on the drunkard's folly or the inconstancy of women.
  • Extract from : « Highways & Byways in Sussex » by E.V. Lucas
  • In most instances he was “constant to one thing—his inconstancy.”
  • Extract from : « Earl Hubert's Daughter » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • But why, let me ask, have you sought me here, to upbraid me for my inconstancy?
  • Extract from : « Helen and Arthur » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • But are your poets not ashamed to complain of their inconstancy?
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • My pretty Carlotta became jealous; she taxed me with inconstancy.
  • Extract from : « Frank Mildmay » by Captain Frederick Marryat
  • There, I said, was a record of my flirtation and inconstancy.
  • Extract from : « Backlog Studies » by Charles Dudley Warner

Antonyms for inconstancy

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