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Definitions for capricious
kəˈprɪʃ əs, -ˈpri ʃəscapri·cious
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Princeton's WordNet
capricious, freakishadjective
changeable
"a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"
capricious, impulsive, whimsicaladjective
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"
Wiktionary
capriciousadjective
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim
Etymology: From French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Capriciousadjective
Whimsical; fanciful; humoursome.
Etymology: capricieux, Fr.
ChatGPT
capricious
Capricious refers to given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior, unpredictable or erratic, often in terms of someone's behavior or decisions. It can also mean changing one's mind quickly and often, without any spesific reason.
Webster Dictionary
Capriciousadjective
governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of capricious in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of capricious in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of capricious in a Sentence
[D]emocracy will soon degenerate into an anarchy, such an anarchy that every man will do what is right in his own eyes and no man's life or property or reputation or liberty will be secure, and every one of these will soon mould itself into a system of subordination of all the moral virtues and intellectual abilities, all the powers of wealth, beauty, wit and science, to the wanton pleasures, the capricious will, and the execrable cruelty of one or a very few.
It is deeply regrettable that the U.S. has been capricious, escalated the tensions, and provoked a trade war, the U.S. is accustomed to holding 'big sticks' for negotiations, but this approach does not apply to China.
The Government Accountability Project is deeply concerned about the mistreatment of Matthew Lee for two reasons. First, Matthew Lee for two reasons has covered U.N. whistleblower cases accurately and in detail, and we regard the mistreatment of Matthew Lee for two reasons as retaliatory, secondly, Matthew Lee for two reasons exclusion from the UN premises because of capricious, unannounced and unknown decisions of senior managers bodes ill for the treatment of journalists in U.N. Member States.
But look at how soon we’re all forgotten. The abyss of endless time that swallows it all. The emptiness of all those applauding hands. The people who praise us - how capricious they are, how arbitrary. And the tiny region in which it all takes place. The whole earth a point in space - and most of it uninhabited.
There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it.
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- متقلبArabic
- капризен, непостоянен, непредвидимBulgarian
- froudennekBreton
- náladovýCzech
- lunefuld, uforutsigbar, uforudsigbar, uberegneligDanish
- kapriziös, launisch, launenhaft, unberechenbarGerman
- ιδιότροποςGreek
- kapricaEsperanto
- antojadizo, caprichosoSpanish
- هوس بازPersian
- oikukasFinnish
- capricieuxFrench
- मनमौजीHindi
- szeszélyesHungarian
- Berubah-ubah, licin, licikIndonesian
- kenjóttur, dyntóttur, duttlungafullur, duttlungasamur, mislyndurIcelandic
- capricciosoItalian
- צִפרוֹנִיHebrew
- 気まぐれなJapanese
- levis arbitrabaturLatin
- įnoringasLithuanian
- wispelturig, grilligDutch
- uforutsigbar, uberegneligNorwegian
- nagły, kapryśnyPolish
- caprichoso, impulsivo, imprevisívelPortuguese
- capriciosRomanian
- капризныйRussian
- oberäknelig, oförutsägbar, nyckfullSwedish
- கேப்ரிசியோஸ்Tamil
- మోజుకనుగుణముగాTelugu
- ตามอำเภอใจThai
- kaprisliTurkish
- ПримхливийUkrainian
- پرسکونUrdu
- קאַפּריזיקYiddish
- 任性Chinese
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