Changeableness
Nouns
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changeableness etc. adj.
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mutability, inconstancy
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versatility, mobility
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instability, unstable equilibrium
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vacillation etc. (irresolution) Irresolution
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fluctuation, vicissitude
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alternation etc. (oscillation) [Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro.] Oscillation. restlessness etc. adj.. fidgets, disquiet
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disquietude, inquietude
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unrest
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agitation etc. [Irregular motion] Agitation. moon, Proteus, chameleon, quicksilver, shifting sands, weathercock, harlequin, Cynthia of the minute, April showers
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wheel of Fortune
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transientness etc. [Short duration.] Transientness.
Verbs
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fluctuate, vary, waver, flounder, flicker, flitter, flit, flutter, shift, shuffle, shake, totter, tremble, vacillate, wamble, turn and turn about, ring the changes
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sway to and fro, shift to and fro
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change and change about
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waffle, blow with the wind (irresolute) Irresolution
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oscillate etc. [Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro.] Oscillation
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vibrate between, two extremes, oscillate between, two extremes
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alternate
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have as man phases as the moon.
Adjectives
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changeable, changeful
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changing etc. [Difference at different times.] Change
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mutable, variable, checkered, ever changing
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protean, proteiform
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versatile. unstaid, inconstant
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unsteady, unstable, unfixed, unsettled
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fluctuating etc. v.
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restless
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agitated etc. [Irregular motion] Agitation
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erratic, fickle
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irresolute etc. Irresolution
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capricious etc. Caprice
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touch and go
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inconsonant, fitful, spasmodic
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vibratory
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vagrant, wayward
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desultory
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afloat
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alternating
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alterable, plastic, mobile
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transient etc. [Short duration.] Transientness
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wavering.
Phrases
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a rolling stone gathers no moss