capricious

US: /kəˈpɹɪʃəs/
UK: /kæpɹˈɪʃəs/


English Vietnamese dictionary


capricious /kə'priʃəs/
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Advanced English dictionary


+ adjective (formal)
1 showing sudden changes in attitude or behaviour: a movie star who was capricious and difficult to please
2 changing suddenly and quickly: a capricious climate
capriciously adverb
capriciousness noun [U]

Thesaurus dictionary


adj.
whimsical, erratic, flighty, fickle, mercurial, unsteady, variable, unstable, wayward, unpredictable, undependable, changeable, impulsive, crotchety, quirky, unreliable, inconstant, fanciful, wanton:
His decisions are capricious and not based on sound judgement. The weather in March is capricious: as Mark Twain said, if you don't like it, just wait five minutes.

Concise English dictionary


-ɪʃəs
adj.
+changeable
+determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason