Meaning of volatile In English

• 0 likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, especially by getting worse:

  • Food and fuel prices are very volatile in a war situation.

  • The situation was made more volatile by the fact that people had been drinking a lot of alcohol.

  • He had a volatile temper and couldn't have been easy to live with.

  • She is volatile and unreliable.

• 1 A volatile liquid or solid substance will change easily into a gas:

  • The substance is highly volatile.

  • volatile compounds

• 2 likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, or suddenly violent or angry:

  • It was a volatile situation, and the police handled it well.

  • The stock market was highly volatile in the early part of the year.

  • volatile chemicals

• 3 likely to change often or suddenly and unexpectedly:

  • American technology shares remain volatile.

  • a volatile fund/investment/market

  • Property has always been less volatile than shares or gilts.