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Capricious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Capricious? [adj] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions" [adj] changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Capricious: arbitrary \| freakish \| impulsive \| unpredictable \| whimsical Related Terms \| Find terms related to Capricious: adrift \| afloat \| agnostic \| aimless \| alternating \| ambiguous \| ambitendent \| ambivalent \| amorphous \| arbitrary \| at loose ends \| brittle \| broken \| careening \| careless \| casual \| catchy \| chancy \| changeable \| changeful \| changing \| choppy \| corruptible \| cranky \| crotchety \| deciduous \| desultory \| deviable \| deviating \| deviative \| deviatory \| dicey \| different \| disarticulated \| disconnected \| discontinuous \| disjunct \| disordered \| disorderly \| dispersed \| disproportionate \| divaricate \| divergent \| diversified \| diversiform \| dizzy \| double-minded \| doubting \| dubious \| dying \| eccentric \| effervescent \| ephemeral \| equivocal \| erose \| erratic \| evanescent \| fading \| fanciful \| fantasied \| fantastic \| fast and loose \| fence-sitting \| fence-straddling \| fickle \| fitful \| flaky \| fleeting \| flickering \| flighty \| flitting \| fluctuant \| fluctuating \| fly-by-night \| flying \| formless \| fragile \| frail \| freakish \| frivolous \| fugacious \| fugitive \| giddy \| gratuitous \| guttering \| halting \| haphazard \| harebrained \| heedless \| herky-jerky \| hesitant \| hesitating \| heteroclite \| hit-or-miss \| humorsome \| iffy \| immethodical \| impermanent \| impetuous \| impulsive \| inadvertent \| incalculable \| inchoate \| incoherent \| inconsiderate \| inconsistent \| inconstant \| indecisive \| indemonstrable \| indiscriminate \| infirm \| infirm of purpose \| insubstantial \| intermittent \| intermitting \| irregular \| irresolute \| irresolved \| irresponsible \| jagged \| jerky \| kinky \| lubricious \| lurching \| maggoty \| mazy \| meaningless \| mercurial \| misshapen \| momentary \| moody \| mortal \| motiveless \| motley \| mugwumpian \| mugwumpish \| mutable \| nonconformist \| nondurable \| nonpermanent \| nonstandard \| nonsymmetrical \| nonsystematic \| nonuniform \| notional \| of two minds \| orderless \| passing \| patchy \| perishable \| petulant \| planless \| pluralistic \| polysemous \| promiscuous \| quirky \| ragged \| rambling \| random \| reasonless \| restless \| rough \| roving \| scatterbrained \| scrappy \| senseless \| shapeless \| shifting \| shifty \| short-lived \| shuffling \| skeptical \| snatchy \| spasmatic \| spasmic \| spasmodic \| spastic \| spineless \| sporadic \| spotty \| staggering \| straggling \| straggly \| systemless \| temperamental \| temporal \| temporary \| thoughtless \| ticklish \| touch-and-go \| transient \| transitive \| transitory \| unaccountable \| unarranged \| uncalculating \| uncertain \| unclassified \| unconfirmable \| uncontrolled \| unconvinced \| undecided \| undependable \| undetermined \| undirected \| undisciplined \| undivinable \| undurable \| unenduring \| unequable \| unequal \| uneven \| unfixed \| unforeseeable \| ungraded \| unguarded \| unjoined \| unmethodical \| unmetrical \| unordered \| unorganized \| unorthodox \| unpersuaded \| unpredictable \| unprovable \| unreasonable \| unreasoning \| unreflecting \| unregular \| unreliable \| unresolved \| unrestrained \| unrhythmical \| unsettled \| unsorted \| unstable \| unstable as water \| unstaid \| unsteadfast \| unsteady \| unsure \| unsymmetrical \| unsystematic \| unthinking \| unthoughtful \| ununiform \| unverifiable \| vacillating \| vagarious \| vagrant \| vague \| variable \| variegated \| variform \| various \| varying \| veering \| vicissitudinary \| vicissitudinous \| volatile \| wandering \| wanton \| wavering \| wavery \| wavy \| wayward \| whimsical \| wishy-washy \| wobbling \| wobbly See Also \| Capricious In Webster's Dictionary \Capri"cious\, a. [Cf. F. capricleux, It. capriccioso.] Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. ``Capricious poet.'' --Shak. ``Capricious humor.'' --Hugh Miller. A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. --Hallam. Syn: Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety; fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain; inconstant; arbitrary. -- {Capri"ciously}, adv. -- {Capri"cious*ness}, n.

Capricious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Capricious?

[adj] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"
[adj] changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"

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Capricious In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*pri"cious\, a. [Cf. F. capricleux, It.
capriccioso.]
Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly;
freakish; whimsical; changeable. ``Capricious poet.'' --Shak.
``Capricious humor.'' --Hugh Miller.

      A capricious partiality to the Romish practices.
                                               --Hallam.

Syn: Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety;
     fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain;
     inconstant; arbitrary. -- {Ca*pri"cious*ly}, adv. --
     {Ca*pri"cious*ness}, n.

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