b. Characterized by irresponsible or silly behavior.
2. Easily excited; skittish.
Usage : She was a frivolous fool, vain and flighty.
You may be seen as too flighty and lightweight for real responsibility.
Frivilous
1. Unworthy of serious attention; trivia. eg : a frivolous novel.
2. Inappropriately silly. eg: a frivolous purchase.
Usage : I was a bit too frivolous to be a doctor.
John wastes a lot of money on frivolous projects.
Unbalanced
1. Not in balance or in proper balance.
2.
a. Mentally deranged.
b. Not exhibiting sound judgment; irrational.
Usage : If we don’t hear both sides of the argument, we’ll get an unbalanced view of the situation.
The murderer was completely unbalanced.
Impulsive
1. Inclined to act on impulse rather than thought.
2. Motivated by or resulting from impulse. eg : such impulsive acts as hugging strangers; impulsive generosity.
3. Having force or power to impel or incite; forceful.
4. Physics Acting within brief time intervals. Used especially of a force.
Mercurial
1. often Mercurial
a. Roman Mythology Of or relating to the god Mercury.
b. Astronomy Of or relating to the planet Mercury.
2. Having the characteristics of eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, and thievishness attributed to the god Mercury.
3. Containing or caused by the action of the element mercury.
4. Quick and changeable in temperament; volatile. eg: a mercurial nature.
Usage : John has a mercurial temperament.
Giddy
1.
a. Having a reeling, lightheaded sensation; dizzy.
b. Causing or capable of causing dizziness. eg: a giddy climb to the topmast.
2. Frivolous and lighthearted; flighty.
Usage : I was dancing round so fast that I felt quite giddy.
Man is a giddy creature.
Capricious
Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable.
Usage : His wife’s capricious mood swings were beginning to get him down.
Impetuous
1. Characterized by sudden and forceful energy or emotion; impulsive and passionate.
2. Having or marked by violent force
Usage : John tended to act in a heated and impetuous way.
The impetuous stream hurtled down the valley.
Skittish
1. Moving quickly and lightly; lively.
2. Restlessly active or nervous; restive.
3. Undependably variable; mercurial or fickle.
4. Shy; bashful.
Usage : The declining dollar gave heart to skittish investors.
My maid is to be a model of discretion–an elderly woman, not a skittish young person who will only encourage me.
Harebrained
Foolish; flighty.
Usage : John had a harebrained scheme of building a bridge between two huge mountains.
John took harebrained risks behind the wheel.
In the following video two people, Doug and Robbie attend a Hollwood party and they hatch a harebrained scheme to kidnap Peter, one of the world’s most famous rock stars.
Scatterbrained
A person regarded as flighty, thoughtless, or disorganized.
Usage : Jewish comedian looking back on his affair with equally scatterbrained singer Diane Keaton, from their first encounter to the seemingly inevitable breakdown of communication.
Ditzy
silly and scatterbrained.
Usage : It is impossible to make John, the head of the party as he is a very ditzy person.
Head-in-the-clouds
guided by whim and fancy.
Usage : How much longer do we have to endure these head-in-the-clouds eco extremists that have wormed their way into the Government of our country?
