Meaning of capricious in English

1. Pronunciation

   /kəˈpriʃəs/

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1. Classifying Adjective

   capricious

   Definitions

   1. changeable

   Examples

   • « a capricious summer breeze »
   • « freakish weather »

   Synonyms

   • unpredictable
2. 2. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

   Examples

   • « a capricious refusal »
   • « authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious »
   • « the victim of whimsical persecutions »

   Synonyms

   • arbitrary