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capricious
adjective
(ca-pri-cious)
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
Synonyms:
impulsive
,
whimsical
,
Examples:
A capricious refusal.
Authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious.
capricious
adjective
(ca-pri-cious)
changeable
Synonyms:
freakish
,
Examples:
A capricious summer breeze.
Words Related to
capricious
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arbitrary
,
unpredictable
,
impulsive
,
whimsical
,
freakish
,
arbitrariness
,
temperamental
,
indiscriminate
,
fanciful
,
cranky
,
random
,
spoiled
,
wayward
,
tricky
,
skittish
,
spoilt
,
fancy
,
randomized
,
far-fetched
,
fickle
,
unreasonable
,
cruel
,
irrational
,
impetuous
,
illogical
,
vindictive
,
inconstant
,
erratic
,
perverse
,
flighty
,
unwise
,
imprudent
,
haphazard
,
foolhardy
,
reckless
,
inconsistent
,
unkind
,
unjust
,
unforgiving
,
tyrannical
,
dictatorial
,
foolish
,
unaccountable
,
arrogant
,
idiosyncratic
,
vengeful
,
petulant
,
uncaring
,
merciless
,
arbitrarious
,
vagarious
,
gerful
,
whimmy
,
whimling
,
wrongheaded
,
figary
,
moonish
,
inexplicable
,
improvident
,
inflexible
,
heedless
,
captious
,
unsympathetic
,
inscrutable
,
obstinate
,
avaricious
,
pigheaded
,
unaccommodating
,
incompetent
,
ambiguous
,
contumacious
,
doltish
,
brusk
,
misguided
,
hobbyhorsical
,
impermanent
,
subjective
,
rattlebrained
,
nonrational
,
oppressive
,
venal
,
amoral
,
heartless
,
incomprehensible
,
tempestuous
,
unfriendly
,
unreasoned
,
byzantine
,
unpremeditated
,
unsound
,
callous
,
meddlesome
,
untimely
,
untamable
,
quixotic
,
exasperating
,
insubordinate
,
untrustworthy
,
beggarly
,
obtuse
,
capricious
Examples by Brain Bank Users
By: Jamie
From:
Words From Novels or Stories - Dec 2018
The capricious boss demands results but can never make up his mind on which tactic his employees should use.
By: Jamie
From:
Words in the News - December 2018
The capricious girl destroyed the will of the determined boy.