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fickle mistress

fickle mistress noun: synonym of cruel mistress.

Noun

fickle mistress (plural fickle mistresses)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of cruel mistress.
    • Much as we may glory in [Nature's] crimson dawns and golden sunsets ... we learn sooner or later that she is a fickle mistress who may smile one day and another send fiery darts of anger flashing from the skies.1926, Central Conference of American Rabbis, A Set of Holiday Sermons
    Synonyms:
    cruel mistress

Synonyms of fickle mistress

Forms of fickle mistress

pluralfickle mistresses

Origin of fickle mistress

From fickle + mistress.

Questions about fickle mistress

What does fickle mistress mean?
Fickle mistress means synonym of cruel mistress.
What part of speech is fickle mistress?
Fickle mistress is a noun.
What is the plural of fickle mistress?
The plural of fickle mistress is fickle mistresses.

Words near fickle mistress in the dictionary

  1. Fickes
  2. Fickett
  3. Ficketts
  4. fickle
  5. fickle finger of fate
  6. fickle mistress
  7. fickle mistresses
  8. fickled
  9. fickleness
  10. ficklenesses
  11. fickler

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