volatile

adj.性格多变的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
volatile (adjective)
1.
readily at a relatively low temperature - vaporizable
2.
flying or having the power to fly
3.
a) - lighthearted lively
b) easily aroused - volatile suspicions
c) tending to into violence - erupt explosive a volatile temper
4.
a) unable to hold the attention fixed because of an inherent lightness or of disposition - fickleness
b) characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change - a volatile market
5.
difficult to capture or hold permanently - evanescent transitory
volatile (noun)
a substance that is readily vaporizable at relatively low temperature a volatile substance
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
volatile (adjective)
likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly
SYNONYMS:
capricious, changeable, changeful, flickery, fluctuating, fluid, inconsistent, inconstant, mercurial, mutable, skittish, temperamental, uncertain, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, volatile
RELATED WORDS:
aimless, arbitrary, desultory, erratic, haphazard, hit-or-miss, irregular, random, scattered, slapdash, stray; ambivalent, hesitating, shaky, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, vacillating, wavering; dicey, undependable, unreliable, untrustworthy; adaptable, mobile, protean, versatile
NEAR ANTONYMS:
equable, even, uniform; abiding, durable, lasting, permanent, persistent; dependable, reliable, sure, tried, tried-and-true, true, trustworthy, trusty
certain, changeless, constant, immutable, invariable, predictable, settled, stable, stationary, steady, unchangeable, unchanging, unvarying
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