Definition of Capricious in English :

Define Capricious in English

Capricious meaning in English

Meaning of Capricious in English

Pronunciation of Capricious in English

Capricious pronunciation in English

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Capricious

see synonyms of capricious

Adjective

1. capricious, freakish

changeable

Example Sentences:
'a capricious summer breeze'
'freakish weather'

2. capricious, impulsive, whimsical

determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

Example Sentences:
'a capricious refusal'
'authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious'
'the victim of whimsical persecutions'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Capricious

see synonyms of capricious
adjective
characterized by or liable to sudden unpredictable changes in attitude or behaviour; impulsive; fickle

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Capricious

see synonyms of capricious
adjective
1. 
subject to caprices; tending to change abruptly and without apparent reason; erratic; flighty
2.  Obsolete
showing wit or fancifulness

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Capricious

see synonyms of capricious
adj.
Characterized by, arising from, or subject to caprice; impulsive or unpredictable: capricious decisions; capricious weather.

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