Meaning & Definition of Capricious in English
English⟶
Capricious
/kəprɪʃəs/
adjective
1. Changeable
- "A capricious summer breeze"
- "Freakish weather"
synonym:
- capricious,
- 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
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.