Antonyms for capricious

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuh-prish-uhs, -pree-shuhs

Phonetic Transcription : kəˈprɪʃ əs, -ˈpri ʃəs

Definition of capricious

Origin : 1590s, from French capricieux "whimsical" (16c.), from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio (see caprice). Related: Capriciously; capriciousness.

adj given to sudden behavior change

Example sentences :

All is still on a colossal scale, but playful, capricious, phantasmagoric.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

How noisy and romping the brook was; how capricious, how playful, how furtive!
Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field

Art is not dignified by being called whimsical--or capricious.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

Your duty to your capricious brother, not to your father, you mean, Madam.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

The rouge-et-noir player imagines that chance is not capricious.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

So many women are capricious, breaking into odd flaws of passion or frivolity.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

Of such a quality is the love of princes—vain, capricious, and wilful.
Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini

I bore his horrible humors, his mad, irritating, capricious temper.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

The vine is a capricious grower and is particular as to soil and climate.
Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick

"It is a capricious kind of thing, after all, is your Irish fidelity," said Polly.
Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for capricious

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