different between fickle vs undecided

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?k.?l/
• Rhymes: -?k?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English fikil, fikel, from Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful”), equivalent to fike +? -le. More at fike.

Adjective

fickle (comparative fickler or more fickle, superlative ficklest or most fickle)

1. Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
2. (figuratively) Changeable.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English fikelen, from fikel (“fickle”); see above. Cognate with Low German fikkelen (“to deceive, flatter”), German ficklen, ficheln (“to deceive, flatter”).

Verb

fickle (third-person singular simple present fickles, present participle fickling, simple past and past participle fickled)

1. (transitive) To deceive, flatter.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.

Anagrams

• Fickel

English

Etymology

From Middle English undecided, equivalent to un- +? decided.

Adjective

undecided (comparative more undecided, superlative most undecided)

1. Open and not yet settled or determined.

   The question of man's destiny is still undecided.

2. Uncommitted, not having reached a decision.

   The result of the election is in doubt because of a large number of undecided voters.

Synonyms

• (open and not yet settled): indeterminate, unsettled, indecisive
• (uncommitted; not having reached a decision): ambivalent, irresolute, of two minds, indecisive

Translations

Noun

undecided (plural undecideds)

1. A voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision.

Verb

undecided

1. simple past tense and past participle of undecide

Anagrams

• deinduced