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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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