Flighty — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

guided by whim and fancy

unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/flˈaɪɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/flˈaɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/flˈaɪti/

2 syllables Say it as /flˈaɪɾi/.

Examples

flighty young girls

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

scatterbrained flyaway spooky nervous skittish head-in-the-clouds

Parts of Speech

adjective	guided by whim and fancy “flighty young girls”
adjective	unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)

Word Forms

flightiness	noun	the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
skittishness	noun	characterized by nervousness and quickness to take fright
nervousness	noun	a sensitive or highly strung temperament

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

flatterhaft

geleitet von Laune und Fantasie

🇫🇷French

volage

guidé par le caprice et la fantaisie

🇪🇸Spanish

frívolo

guiado por el capricho y la fantasía

🇮🇹Italian

volubile

guidato dal capriccio e dalla fantasia

🇳🇱Dutch

vluchtig

geleid door grillen en fantasie

🇵🇹Portuguese

inconstante

guiado por capricho e fantasia

🇷🇺Russian

непостоянный

руководствуясь прихотью и фантазией

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चंचल

सनक और कल्पना द्वारा निर्देशित

🇧🇩Bengali

উড়ন্ত

বাতিক এবং অভিনব দ্বারা পরিচালিত

🇮🇳Tamil

பறக்கும்

ஆசை மற்றும் ஆடம்பரத்தால் வழிநடத்தப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

ఎగిరిపోయే

ఇష్టానుసారం మరియు ఫాన్సీ ద్వారా మార్గనిర్దేశం చేయబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

उड्डाण करणारे

लहरी आणि फॅन्सीने मार्गदर्शन केले

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉડાન ભરી

ધૂન અને ફેન્સી દ્વારા માર્ગદર્શન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಾರಾಡುವ

ಹುಚ್ಚಾಟಿಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅಲಂಕಾರಿಕದಿಂದ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പറക്കുന്ന

അഭിലഷണീയതയാൽ നയിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਡਾਰੀ

ਸਨਕੀ ਅਤੇ ਫੈਂਸੀ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਨਿਰਦੇਸ਼ਤ

🇵🇰Urdu

پرواز

خواہش اور پسند کی طرف سے ہدایت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

轻浮

受到突发奇想和幻想的引导

🇯🇵Japanese

気まぐれな

気まぐれと空想に導かれて

🇰🇷Korean

들뜬

변덕과 공상에 이끌려

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bay bổng

được hướng dẫn bởi ý thích và sự ưa thích

🇹🇭Thai

เหลาะแหละ

นำทางด้วยความตั้งใจและจินตนาการ

🇮🇩Indonesian

bertingkah

dipandu oleh kemauan dan khayalan

🇵🇭Filipino

lumilipad

ginagabayan ng kapritso at magarbong

🇲🇾Malay

melayang

dipandu oleh sesuka hati dan angan-angan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

طائش

تسترشد بالأهواء والهوى

🇮🇷Persian

پروازی

هدایت شده توسط هوی و هوس

🇹🇷Turkish

uçucu

kapris ve fantezinin rehberliğinde

🇮🇱Hebrew

שִׁגָיוֹנִי

מונחה על ידי גחמה ומיודרת

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