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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Inconstant \In*con"stant\, a. [L. inconstans: cf. F. inconstant.
     See In- not, and Constant.]
     Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of
     character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose,
     etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; --
     said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or
     friendship. ``The inconstant moon.'' --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           While we, inquiring phantoms of a day,
           Inconstant as the shadows we survey!     --Boyse.
  
     Syn: Mutable; fickle; volatile; unsteady; unstable;
          changeable; variable; wavering; fluctuating.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Inconstant \In*con"stant\, a. [L. inconstans: cf. F. inconstant.
     See In- not, and Constant.]
     Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of
     character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose,
     etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; --
     said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or
     friendship. ``The inconstant moon.'' --Shak.
  
           While we, inquiring phantoms of a day, Inconstant as
           the shadows we survey!                   --Boyse.
  
     Syn: Mutable; fickle; volatile; unsteady; unstable;
          changeable; variable; wavering; fluctuating.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  inconstant
       adj : likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent
             reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an
             inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant
             moon"- Shakespeare [ant: constant]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inconstant
     Γαλλικά a.
     1 ασταθής
     2 άστατος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  inconstant
     Catalan a.
     (l en inconstant)
     French a.
     (l en inconstant)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  inconstant
     a.
     1 Not constant; wavering.
     2 unfaithful to a lover.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  inconstant
     Catalan a.
     (l en inconstant)
     French a.
     (l en inconstant)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  inconstant
     Catalan a.
     (l en inconstant)
     French a.
     (l en inconstant)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Inconstant /ɪŋkˈɒnstənt/
  متقلّب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  inconstant /ɪŋkˈɒnstənt/ 
  колеблив, непостоянен
  not constant

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inconstant /ɪŋkˈɒnstənt/ 
  vrtkavý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inconstant /ɪŋkˈɒnstənt/ 
  proměnlivý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  inconstant /ɪŋkˈɒnstənt/ 
  nestálý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  inconstant /ɪŋkˈɒnstənt/
  unbeständig 
   see: more inconstant, most inconstant
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  inconstant /ɪŋkˈɒnstənt/
  wankelmütig 
     Synonym: fickle
  
   see: more fickle, most fickle
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  inconstant /ɪŋkˈɒnstənt/
  
  αψίκορος, ευμετάβλητος, άστατος

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  inconstant /ɪŋkˈɒnstənt/ 
  1. अस्थिर
        "He is an inconstant lover."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  inconstant /ɪŋkˈɒnstənt/
  nepostojan, nepromjenjiv, nestalan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  inconstant /ɪŋkˈɒnstənt/
  1. változó
  2. szeszélyes
  3. ingatag
  4. állhatatlan
  5. változékony

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  inconstant /ɪŋkˈɒnstənt/ 
  inconstante

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  inconstant /ɪŋkˈɒnstənt/
  1. kararsız, sebatsız, dönek
  2. vefasız. inconstancy  kararsızlık, değşkenlik
  3. vefasızlık.

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  inconstant /ɛ̃kɔ̃stˈɑ̃/
  hedro, kildro

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  inconstant /ɛ̃.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃/ 
  incostante
  changeant

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  inconstant /ɛ̃.kɔ̃s.tɑ̃/ 
  ombytlig, flyktig, vankelmodig
  changeant

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  200 Moby Thesaurus words for "inconstant":
     adrift, afloat, alternating, amorphous, brittle, broken,
     capricious, careening, catchy, changeable, changeful, changing,
     choppy, coquettish, corruptible, deciduous, derelict, desultory,
     deviable, deviating, deviative, deviatory, different, disaffected,
     disconnected, discontinuous, disloyal, disorderly, disregardful,
     divaricate, divergent, diversified, diversiform, dizzy, dying,
     eccentric, elusive, ephemeral, erose, erratic, evanescent, faddish,
     fading, faithless, false, fast and loose, fickle, fitful, fleeting,
     flickering, flighty, flirtatious, flitting, fluctuating,
     fly-by-night, flying, fragile, frail, freakish, fugacious,
     fugitive, giddy, guttering, halting, herky-jerky, heteroclite,
     immethodical, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inattentive,
     inconsistent, indecisive, indefinite, infirm, inobservant,
     insubstantial, intermittent, intermitting, irregular, irresolute,
     irresponsible, jagged, jerky, light, lubricious, lurching, mazy,
     mercurial, momentary, moody, mortal, motley, mutable, negligent,
     nonadherent, noncompliant, nonconforming, nonconformist,
     nondurable, nonobservant, nonpermanent, nonstandard, nonuniform,
     not true to, of bad faith, passing, patchy, perishable,
     pluralistic, protean, quicksilver, ragged, rambling, recreant,
     restless, rough, roving, scatterbrained, scrappy, shapeless,
     shifting, shifty, short-lived, shuffling, skittish, snatchy,
     spasmatic, spasmic, spasmodic, spastic, spineless, sporadic,
     spotty, staggering, temperamental, temporal, temporary, ticklish,
     toying, transient, transitive, transitory, trothless,
     unaccountable, uncertain, uncompliant, unconforming, uncontrolled,
     undependable, undisciplined, undurable, unenduring, unequable,
     unequal, uneven, unfaithful, unfixed, unloyal, unmethodical,
     unmetrical, unobservant, unorthodox, unpredictable, unregular,
     unreliable, unrestrained, unrhythmical, unsettled, unstable,
     unstable as water, unstaid, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsystematic,
     untrue, ununiform, vacillating, vagrant, vague, variable,
     variegated, variform, various, varying, veering, versatile,
     vicissitudinary, vicissitudinous, volatile, wandering, wanton,
     wavering, wavery, wavy, wayward, whimsical, wishy-washy, wobbling,
     wobbly
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 易变的,不定的,无节操的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 易变的,不定的,无节操的,反复无常的

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