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volatile
noun
1 volatile
A volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor.
adjective
1 volatile
Evaporating readily at normal temperatures and pressures.
Roget 320:
light,
subtile,
airy;
imponderous†,
imponderable;
astatic†,
weightless,
ethereal,
sublimated;
gossamery;
suberose†,
suberous†;
uncompressed,
volatile;
buoyant,
floating
etc.
v.;
portable.
light as a feather,
light as a thistle,
light as air;
lighter than air;
rise like a balloon,
float like a balloon
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Roget 334:
gaseous,
aeriform†,
ethereal,
aerial,
airy,
vaporous,
volatile,
evaporable†,
flatulent.
Roget 336:
volatilized
etc.
v.;
reeking
etc.
v.;
volatile;
evaporable†,
vaporizable.
bubbly,
effervescent,
boiling.
2.
Specific Fluids
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Roget 825:
excitable,
easily excited,
in an excitable state;
high-strung;
irritable
etc.
(irascible)
901;
impatient,
intolerant.
feverish,
febrile,
hysterical;
delirious,
mad,
moody,
maggoty-headed.
unquiet,
mercurial,
electric,
galvanic,
hasty,
hurried,
restless,
fidgety,
fussy;
chafing
etc.
v..
startlish†,
mettlesome,
high-mettled†,
skittish.
vehement,
demonstrative,
violent,
wild,
furious,
fierce,
fiery,
hot-headed,
madcap.
overzealous,
enthusiastic,
impassioned,
fanatical;
rabid
etc.
(eager)
865.
rampant,
clamorous,
uproarious,
turbulent,
tempestuous,
tumultuary†,
boisterous.
impulsive,
impetuous,
passionate;
uncontrolled,
uncontrollable;
ungovernable,
irrepressible,
stanchless†,
inextinguishable,
burning,
simmering,
volcanic,
ready to burst forth,
volatile.
excited,
exciting
etc.
824.
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Polish: lotny
2 volatile
Liable to lead to sudden change or violence:
— A volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation.
synonym: explosive.
3 volatile
Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments:
— A flirt's volatile affections.
synonym: fickle.
Roget 605:
irresolute,
infirm of purpose,
double-minded,
half-hearted;
undecided,
unresolved,
undetermined;
shilly-shally;
fidgety,
tremulous;
hesitating
etc.
v.;
off one's balance;
at a loss
etc.
(uncertain)
475.
vacillating
etc.
v.;
unsteady
etc.
(changeable)
149;
unsteadfast†,
fickle,
without ballast;
capricious
etc.
608;
volatile,
frothy;
light,
lightsome,
light-minded;
giddy;
fast and loose.
weak,
feeble-minded,
frail;
timid,
wimpish,
wimpy
etc.
860;
cowardly
etc.
862;
dough-faced [U.S.];
facile;
pliant
etc.
(soft)
324;
unable to say 'no',
easy-going revocable,
reversible.
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Roget 608:
capricious;
erratic,
eccentric,
fitful,
hysterical;
full of whims
etc.
n.;
maggoty;
inconsistent,
fanciful,
fantastic,
whimsical,
crotchety,
kinky [U.S.],
particular,
humorsome†,
freakish,
skittish,
wanton,
wayward;
contrary;
captious;
arbitrary;
unconformable
etc.
83;
penny wise and pound foolish;
fickle
etc.
(irresolute)
605;
frivolous,
sleeveless,
giddy,
volatile.
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4 volatile
Tending to vary often or widely.
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