N. changeableness,
mutability,
inconstancy,
versatility,
mobility, instability, unstable equilibrium,
vacillation,
fluctuation,
vicissitude,
alternation,
restlessness, fidgets, disquiet,
disquietude,
inquietude, unrest, agitation, moon,
proteus,
chameleon,
quicksilver, shifting sands,
weathercock,
harlequin, cynthia of the minute, april showers, wheel of fortune,
transientness V. fluctuate, vary, waver,
flounder,
flicker,
flitter,
flit,
flutter,
shift,
shuffle,
shake,
totter,
tremble,
vacillate,
wamble, turn and turn about, ring the changes, sway to and fro, shift to and fro, change and change about,
waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute) 605,
oscillate, vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes, alternate, have as many phases as the moon
Adj. changeable, changeful, changing,
mutable, variable,
checkered, ever changing,
protean, proteiform|,
versatile,
unstaid, inconstant, unsteady, unstable, unfixed, unsettled,
fluctuating, restless,
agitated,
erratic,
fickle,
irresolute,
capricious, touch and go,
inconsonant, fitful,
spasmodic,
vibratory,
vagrant,
wayward,
desultory,
afloat, alternating, alterable,
plastic,
mobile,
transient,
wavering Phr. "a rolling stone gathers no moss", pictra mossa non fa muschis, honores mutant mores, varium et mutabile semper femina
N. irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision, indetermination, undetermination|, unsettlement, uncertainty,
demur,
suspense,
hesitating,
hesitation,
hesitancy,
vacillation,
changeableness,
fluctuation,
alternation,
caprice,
fickleness,
levity, legerete,
pliancy, weakness,
timidity,
cowardice, half measures,
waverer, ass between two bundles of hay,
shuttlecock,
butterfly, wimp,
doughface V. be irresolute, hang in suspense, keep in suspense, leave "ad referendum", think twice about,
pause,
dawdle, remain neuter, dillydally,
hesitate,
boggle,
hover, dacker, hum and haw,
demur, not know one's own mind,
debate, balance, dally with, coquet with, will and will not, chaser-balancer, go halfway,
compromise, make a compromise, be thrown off one's balance, stagger like a drunken man, be afraid, "let 'i dare not' wait upon 'i would'",
falter, waver vacillate, change, retract,
fluctuate,
pendulate, alternate, keep off and on, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold,
shuffle,
palter,
blink,
trim Adj. irresolute, infirm of purpose,
double-minded,
half-hearted, undecided, unresolved, undetermined,
shilly-shally,
fidgety,
tremulous,
hesitating, off one's balance, at a loss,
vacillating, unsteady,
unsteadfast,
fickle, without ballast,
capricious, volatile,
frothy, light,
lightsome,
light-minded,
giddy, fast and loose, weak,
feeble-minded,
frail,
timid, wimpish, wimpy,
cowardly,
dough-faced,
facile,
pliant, unable to say "no",
easy-going,
revocable, reversible
Int. "how happy could i be with either!"
N. caprice, fancy,
humor,
whim,
whimsy,
whimsey,
whimwham,
crotchet, capriccio,
quirk,
freak,
maggot,
fad,
vagary,
prank, fit,
flimflam,
escapade,
boutade, wild-goose chase,
capriciousness,
kink V. be capricious, have a maggot in the brain, take it into one's head, strain at a gnat and swallow a camel, blow hot and cold, play fast and loose, play fantastic tricks, tourner casaque
Adj. capricious,
erratic,
eccentric, fitful,
hysterical, full of whims,
maggoty, inconsistent,
fanciful,
fantastic,
whimsical,
crotchety,
kinky, particular,
humorsome,
freakish,
skittish,
wanton,
wayward, contrary,
captious, arbitrary,
unconformable, penny wise and pound foolish,
fickle,
frivolous,
sleeveless,
giddy, volatile
Adv. by fits and starts, without rhyme or reason
Phr. nil fuit unquain sic inipar sibi, the deuce is in him
