FLIBBERTIGIBBETY Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

flibbertigibbety

adjective

as in uptight

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Adjective

Will such scrutiny, in the end, make players uptight or liberate them?

— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
For about half of this day, feelings are a bit uptight while the Moon passes over Saturn.

— Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 7 July 2026

Definition of uptight

Adjective

Stocks pulled back on Friday , capping off another volatile week.

— Jeff Marks,Paulina Likos, CNBC, 17 July 2026
That’s because wildfire smoke contains gases like nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds, which react in the sun and heat to create ground-level ozone.

— Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of volatile

Adjective

Max is accompanied on his adventures by anxious robot C-3PO AB Sitter, and FX, a magical alien masquerading as a toy who can turn the kid's implausibly impressive sand sculptures into fully functioning robots.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 July 2026
America’s centennial in 1876 was celebrated with a grand exhibition that projected an image of national unity and inventiveness in the anxious aftermath of civil war and recession.

— The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026

Definition of anxious

Adjective

Or will the infamously mercurial MAGA president revert to his previous hostility?

— Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 10 July 2026
Hinduism is a narrative religion; its mercurial wisdom is lightened and sweetened by stories, softened by ambiguities, sharpened by paradoxes.

— Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026

Definition of mercurial

Adjective

Tracking the ratio of carbon dioxide to sulfur dioxide offers a direct window into subterranean volcanic processes.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Builders mixed lime with volcanic ash, setting off mineral reactions that persisted as the concrete aged.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 11 July 2026

Definition of volcanic

Adjective

Loathe don’t have to do this—they’re not 5 Seconds of Summer courting an edgy image by citing Nine Inch Nails as an influence, or Travis Scott and A$AP Rocky name-checking Björk on their undying quests to be validated as experimental artists.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 16 July 2026
Tyla revived an edgy footwear look from her wardrobe for an outing in Berlin on Tuesday, stepping out in an Alexander Wang sandal and a neon jacket repping New York.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 14 July 2026

Definition of edgy

Adjective

In the first half of the album, Dean explores unstable characters—bearing some resemblance, perhaps, to their indie-sleaze peers—with both second-hand embarrassment and fascination.

— Cassidy Sollazzo, Pitchfork, 13 July 2026
Rhaenyra, queen of the Blacks, seizes the Iron Throne in King’s Landing with the support of Alicent, who has simply had enough of her unstable and terrible sons.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 July 2026

Definition of unstable

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