up-and-down
Rising and falling
Up-and-down describes movement or variation between high and low positions or states.
Literally, it traces vertical motion: The elevator went up and down all day.
Figuratively, it captures fluctuation or inconsistency: an up-and-down relationship, an up-and-down season for the team.
The hyphenated form usually modifies a noun; without hyphens, it describes action: He paced up and down the hallway.
Ascending by physical effort
- elevatingLifting to higher level
- loweringMoving something downward
- liftingRaising something heavy
- bobbingRhythmic vertical movement
bouncing · pumping · hoisting · plunging · undulating · scaling · mounting · dropping
Shifting irregularly over time
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- variableProne to fluctuation
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
- volatileLiable to sudden change
unstable · inconsistent · irregular · seesawing · yo-yoing · swinging · alternating · vacillating
Prone to sullenness
- turbulentViolently agitated or disturbed
- stormyMarked by violent weather
- temperamentalEasily upset, unpredictable
- bipolarHaving two opposite poles
manic · depressive · instability · volatility · unpredictable · erratic · rocky · troubled
climbing
Ascending by physical effort
bobbing · bouncing · pumping · hoisting · plunging · undulating · scaling · mounting · dropping · leaping
fluctuating
Shifting irregularly over time
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- variableProne to fluctuation
- erraticLacking regularity or consistency
volatile · unstable · inconsistent · irregular · seesawing · yo-yoing · swinging · alternating · vacillating · unsteady
moody
Prone to sullenness
- turbulentViolently agitated or disturbed
- stormyMarked by violent weather
- temperamentalEasily upset, unpredictable
bipolar · manic · depressive · instability · volatility · unpredictable · erratic · rocky · troubled · tumultuous
inconsistent
Lacking steady uniformity
hit-or-miss · spotty · erratic · variable · mixed · checkered · rocky · turbulent · unreliable · unpredictable
- eye exercisespalming, blinking, focusing, eye rolling, figure eights
- puttingputt, putter, putting green, cup, hole
up-and-downsteady
Fixed, not fluctuating
stable · consistent · level · flat · constant
up-and-downside-to-side
Moving between left and right
horizontal · lateral · sideways · back-and-forth · left-to-right
down, upon, update, upgrade, uphold, downs, download, downgrade, downturn