Mercurial
Meaning of Mercurial
- subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.
his mercurial temperament
- of or containing the element mercury.
gels containing organic mercurial compounds
- of the planet Mercury.
- a drug or other compound containing mercury.
for twenty years organic mercurials were the most potent diuretics in clinical use
late Middle English (in mercurial (sense 3 of the adjective)): from Latin mercurialis ‘relating to the god Mercury’, from Mercurius ‘Mercury’. mercurial (sense 1 of the adjective) dates from the mid 17th century.
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Hyphenation of Mercurial
Mer-cu-rial
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- Mercurial is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Mercurial synonyms
Meaning erratic:
Meaning (of a person) liable to display rapid changes of emotion:
Meaning given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour:
Meaning (of a person) liable to unreasonable changes of mood:
Meaning responding too readily to something new or stimulating; easily excited:
Meaning liable to unpredictable variation:
Meaning not able to be predicted; changeable:
Meaning not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change:
Meaning tending or able to change frequently or easily:
Meaning liable to change:
Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) not faithful and dependable:
Meaning acting at variance with one's own principles or former behaviour:
Meaning likely to change or fail; not firmly established:
Meaning liable to fall or shake; not steady in position:
Meaning rising and falling irregularly in number or amount:
Meaning having complex patterns of colours; multicoloured:
Meaning not settled or stable; likely or able to change:
Meaning moving in a quivering way; flickering:
Meaning wavering between different opinions or actions; irresolute:
Meaning (of a person) given to unpredictable changes of mood, especially sudden bouts of gloominess or sullenness:
Meaning fickle and irresponsible:
Meaning difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour:
Meaning acting or behaving in a capricious manner:
Meaning having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall or stagger; dizzy:
Meaning acting or done without forethought:
Meaning liable to change; easily altered:
Mercurial antonyms
Meaning (of an object or structure) not likely to give way or overturn; firmly fixed:
Meaning firmly fixed, supported, or balanced; not shaking or moving:
Meaning occurring continuously over a period of time:
Words that rhyme with Mercurial
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