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flightiness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of flightiness

1 a lack of seriousness often at an improper time

  • a warning that her usual flightiness wouldn't be tolerated at the ceremony honoring war veterans
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

  • his flightiness before the bar exam was so bad that he nearly made himself sick
Synonyms of flightiness

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

agita, agitation, anxiety, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, disquiet, feverishness, franticness, freneticism, hand-wringing, perturbation, restlessness, trepidation, unease, uneasiness, upset, worry

nerves, tenseness, tension

butterflies, dither, heebie-jeebies, jimjams, 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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