Meaning

1 senses
  1. Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.

    I almost died in a capricious winter storm.

    Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously.

    kapriziös, launenhaft, unberechenbar

    капризныйkapriznyj

    капри́знийkaprýznyj

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

Examples

12 sentences
  1. Ovid was a very capricious child.

    Вівдя була дуже вередливою дитиною.

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  2. Cats are capricious.

    Коти капризні.

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  3. Memory is a capricious and arbitrary creature.

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  4. Everyone is entitled to be capricious now and then.

    deJeder hat das Recht, ab und zu mal launisch zu sein.

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  5. Adults always say the youth of their time are thoughtless and capricious.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim:
Русский
By meaning 1
impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio. By surfa

Borrowed from Middle French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio. By surface analysis, caprice + -ious.

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Forms

more capricious, most capricious
Comparativemore capricious Lesson
Superlativemost capricious Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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