Antonyms for whim

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hwim, wim

Phonetic Transcription : ʰwɪm, wɪm

Definition of whim

Origin : 1640s, "pun or play on words," shortened from whimwham "fanciful object" (q.v.). Meaning "sudden notion, fancy, or idea" first recorded 1690s, probably a shortened form of whimsy.

noun sudden idea

Example sentences :

It seemed to have a vast inorganic life of its own, a volition and a whim.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

It suited his whim, and it did more than that: it gave him a chance to speak to her in his teasing way.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Indeed, Van Baerle's happiness depended on the whim of this man.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

The whim had seized her and was holding on tight that Emmeline's might be the Right Place.
Extract from : « Four Girls and a Compact » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

He's been satisfying every whim of curiosity that pops into his mind.
Extract from : « The Big Tomorrow » by Paul Lohrman

The whim seized me, quite unaccountably, in the middle of last night.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

Mark you, it is not wisdom but a whim of mine which causes me to be graciously minded!
Extract from : « Priestess of the Flame » by Sewell Peaslee Wright

It was her whim to be sad, and she brought him the book they were reading.
Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.with the exception of emdashes and long dashes which seem to have been chosen on a whim.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

I did not know whether to resent the whim or not, whether to be angry or indifferent.
Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for whim

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