| / English Dictionary |
FLIGHTY
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Irregular inflected forms: flightier , flightiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
Synonyms:
flighty; nervous; skittish; spooky
Classified under:
Similar:
excitable (easily excited)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Guided by whim and fancy
Example:
flighty young girls
Synonyms:
flighty; flyaway; head-in-the-clouds; scatterbrained
Classified under:
Similar:
frivolous (not serious in content or attitude or behavior)
Derivation:
flightiness (the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
