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changeful

changeful adjective: changing frequently; very susceptible to change.

Adjective

changeful (comparative more changeful, superlative most changeful)

  1. (rare) Changing frequently; very susceptible to change
    • When we will tempt the frailty of our powers, presuming on their changeful potency.c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • So, deprived of one leg, and the strange ship of course being altogether unsupplied with the kindly invention, Ahab now found himself abjectly reduced to a clumsy landsman again; hopelessly eyeing the uncertain changeful height he could hardly hope to attain.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Leg and Arm. The Pequod, of Nantucket, Meets the Samuel Enderby, of London.”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers...
    Synonyms:
    variable, fickle

Synonyms of changeful

Forms of changeful

comparativemore changeful
superlativemost changeful

Origin of changeful

From change + -ful.

Words formed from changeful

Questions about changeful

What does changeful mean?
Changeful means changing frequently; very susceptible to change.
What part of speech is changeful?
Changeful is an adjective.

Words near changeful in the dictionary

  1. changed the subject
  2. changed up
  3. changedale
  4. changedness
  5. changedst
  6. changeful
  7. changefully
  8. changefulness
  9. changeless
  10. changelessly
  11. changelessness

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