Translation meaning & definition of the word "capricious" into Dutch language

adjective

1. Changeable

• "A capricious summer breeze"

• "Freakish weather"

synonym:
• capricious
,
• freakish

1. Veranderlijk

• "Een wispelturige zomerbries"

• "Freakish weer"

synoniem:
• wispelturig
,
• freakish

2. 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"

synonym:
• capricious
,
• impulsive
,
• whimsical

2. Bepaald door toeval of impuls of gril in plaats van door noodzaak of reden

• "Een wispelturige weigering"

• "Autoritaire heersers zijn vaak wispelturig"

• "Het slachtoffer van grillige vervolgingen"

synoniem:
• wispelturig
,
• impulsief
,
• grillig

Examples of using

The sky was so starry, so bright that, looking at it, one could not help asking oneself whether ill-humoured and capricious people could live under such a sky.

De lucht was zo sterrenachtig, zo helder dat je, als je ernaar kijkt, je niet kon afvragen of slechtgehumeurde en wispelturige mensen onder zo'n hemel konden leven.