capricious
adjective
1. changeable
- a capricious summer breeze
Similar word(s): unpredictable, freakish
2. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
- a capricious refusal
- authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious
Similar word(s): arbitrary, impulsive, whimsical
Sentences with capricious as an adjective:
- I almost died in a capricious winter storm.
- Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously.
- The Mayor claimed that the action was reasonable, but in reality the action was arbitrary and capricious in nature.