All up-and-down synonyms
up-and-down
U u adj up-and-down
- mercurial — changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.
- bolt upright — If someone is sitting or standing bolt upright, they are sitting or standing very straight.
- hot and cold — (Idiomatic) Ambivalent; having conflicting emotions.
- flipper — a broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming.
- impulsive — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
adjective up-and-down
- chequered — If a person or organization has had a chequered career or history, they have had a varied past with both good and bad periods.
- checkered — having a pattern of squares
- yoyo — a spoollike toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
- quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.