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What is the adjective for flickering?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb flicker which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

flickery
  1. Seeming to flicker; unsteady
  2. Synonyms:
      3. variable, unstable, changeable, inconstant, volatile, unpredictable, fickle, fluctuating, inconsistent, temperamental, capricious, unsteady, unsettled, mercurial, fluid, changeful, mutable, uncertain, skittish, up in the air, erratic, irregular, unreliable, vacillating, wavering, varying, undependable, protean, flighty, shifting, changing, whimsical, labile, impulsive, ever-changing, kaleidoscopic, blowing hot and cold, mobile, uneven, fitful, up and down, movable, wayward, quicksilver, flakey, flaky, moody, fluctuant, bipolar, yo-yo … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The flickery candlelight cast dancing shadows across the room.”
      “It may be that never before has an illustrator reproduced the flickering of a candle in so candle-like a manner, so flickery.”
      “What feels exciting to me, atmospherically, as a fiction writer, is the flickery quality of so many of these places.”
flickersome
  1. Characterised or marked by flickering
flickered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of flicker
  2. Synonyms:
      3. flashed, sparkled, gleamed, twinkled, shimmered, glittered, glinted, glimmered, shone, shined, scintillated, winked, glistened, coruscated, glowed, glistered, flared, blinked, fulgurated, effulged, blazed, burned, burnt, blared, flamed, lustered, lustred, spangled, glanced, winkled, glared, incandesced, phosphoresced, beamed, luminesced, radiated, dazzled, sparked, caught the light, beat, lit, lighted, reflected, fluoresced, illuminated, lit up, brightened, burst, danced, reflected light … more
flickering
  1. present participle of flicker
  2. Synonyms:
      3. flashing, sparkling, gleaming, twinkling, shimmering, glittering, glinting, glimmering, shining, scintillating, winking, glistening, coruscating, glowing, glistering, flaring, blinking, fulgurating, effulging, blazing, burning, blaring, flaming, lustering, lustring, spangling, glancing, winkling, glaring, incandescing, phosphorescing, beaming, luminescing, radiating, dazzling, sparking, catching the light, lighting, reflecting, fluorescing, illuminating, lighting up, brightening, beating, dancing, reflecting light, bedazzling, illumining, sheening, igniting … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Ennis' attention slid to the flickering lights of the city below.”
      “She barely looks at me as the flickering flame of the candle holds her attention.”
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