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flightiness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of flightiness

1 a lack of seriousness often at an improper time
  • The principal spoke to the students about their flightiness during the ceremony.
Synonyms of flightiness

facetiousness, flippancy, frivolity, frivolousness, frothiness, levity, light-headedness, light-mindedness, lightness, silliness
Words Related to flightiness

cheer, cheerfulness, festivity, gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, high-spiritedness, hilarity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, mirthfulness

childishness, goofiness, puerility
Near Antonyms of flightiness

dejection, depression, despondency, dispiritedness, downheartedness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, joylessness, melancholy, mopes, moroseness, sadness, sullenness, unhappiness
Antonyms of flightiness

earnestness, gravity, seriousness, soberness, solemnity, solemnness
2 a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements
  • the flightiness of the horses before they were loaded on the trailer
Synonyms of flightiness

edginess, fidgetiness, fidgets, jitteriness, jumpiness, restiveness, skittishness
Words Related to flightiness

agitation, anxiety, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, disquiet, feverishness, restlessness, trepidation, unease, uneasiness, upset, worry

nerves, tenseness, tension

butterflies, dither, jitters, shakes, shivers, willies
Near Antonyms of flightiness

confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness

control, self-control

aplomb, calm, calmness, collectedness, composure, coolness, ease, easiness, equanimity, equilibrium, imperturbability, poise, repose, self-possession, tranquillity (or tranquility), tranquilness

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