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capricious

/k/@/'pr/I//S//@/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. changeable

    adj.all

    Examples
    A capricious summer breeze.
    Synonyms freakish

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    adj.all

    Examples
    A capricious refusal.
    Authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious.
    Synonyms impulsive whimsical

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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