Whimsical — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɪmzɪkəl/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɪmzɪkəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɪmzɪkəl/

3 syllables Say it as /wˈɪmzɪkəl/.

Examples

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

impulsive capricious

Parts of Speech

adjective

determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

“a capricious refusal”

Word Forms

caprice	noun	a sudden desire
capriciousness	noun	the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
impulsiveness	noun	the trait of acting suddenly on impulse without reflection
whimsy	noun	an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
whimsicality	noun	the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

wunderlich

eher durch Zufall, Impuls oder Laune als durch Notwendigkeit oder Vernunft bestimmt

🇫🇷French

capricieux

déterminé par le hasard, l'impulsion ou le caprice plutôt que par la nécessité ou la raison

🇪🇸Spanish

caprichoso

determinado por el azar, el impulso o el capricho, más que por la necesidad o la razón.

🇮🇹Italian

stravagante

determinato dal caso, dall’impulso o dal capriccio piuttosto che dalla necessità o dalla ragione

🇳🇱Dutch

grillig

eerder bepaald door toeval, impuls of gril dan door noodzaak of rede

🇵🇹Portuguese

caprichoso

determinado pelo acaso, impulso ou capricho, e não por necessidade ou razão

🇷🇺Russian

причудливый

определяется случайностью, импульсом или прихотью, а не необходимостью или разумом

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सनकी

आवश्यकता या कारण के बजाय संयोग या आवेग या सनक से निर्धारित होता है

🇧🇩Bengali

বাতিক

প্রয়োজন বা কারণের পরিবর্তে সুযোগ বা আবেগ বা ইচ্ছা দ্বারা নির্ধারিত হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

விசித்திரமான

தேவை அல்லது காரணத்தால் அல்லாமல், வாய்ப்பு அல்லது தூண்டுதல் அல்லது விருப்பத்தால் தீர்மானிக்கப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

విచిత్రమైన

అవసరం లేదా కారణం ద్వారా కాకుండా అవకాశం లేదా ప్రేరణ లేదా ఇష్టానుసారం నిర్ణయించబడుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

लहरी

गरज किंवा कारणाऐवजी संधी किंवा आवेग किंवा लहरीद्वारे निर्धारित केले जाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

તરંગી

જરૂરિયાત અથવા કારણને બદલે તક અથવા આવેગ અથવા ધૂન દ્વારા નિર્ધારિત

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಚಿತ್ರವಾದ

ಅವಶ್ಯಕತೆ ಅಥವಾ ಕಾರಣಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಾಗಿ ಆಕಸ್ಮಿಕ ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರಚೋದನೆ ಅಥವಾ ಹುಚ್ಚಾಟಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിചിത്രമായ

ആവശ്യകതയോ കാരണമോ എന്നതിലുപരി ആകസ്മികമോ പ്രേരണയോ ആഗ്രഹമോ നിർണ്ണയിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਨਕੀ

ਲੋੜ ਜਾਂ ਕਾਰਨ ਦੀ ਬਜਾਏ ਮੌਕਾ ਜਾਂ ਆਵੇਗ ਜਾਂ ਇੱਛਾ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਨਿਰਧਾਰਤ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

سنکی

ضرورت یا وجہ کے بجائے موقع یا تسلسل یا خواہش سے طے ہوتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

异想天开的

由偶然、冲动或心血来潮决定，而不是由必然或理性决定

🇯🇵Japanese

気まぐれな

必然性や理由ではなく、偶然、衝動、気まぐれによって決定される

🇰🇷Korean

이상한

필요성이나 이유보다는 우연이나 충동이나 변덕에 의해 결정됨

🇻🇳Vietnamese

kỳ quái

được xác định một cách ngẫu nhiên, ngẫu nhiên hoặc bất chợt hơn là bởi sự cần thiết hay lý do

🇹🇭Thai

แปลก

ถูกกำหนดโดยโอกาสหรือแรงกระตุ้นหรือความตั้งใจมากกว่าโดยความจำเป็นหรือเหตุผล

🇮🇩Indonesian

aneh

ditentukan oleh kebetulan atau dorongan hati atau keinginan, bukan karena kebutuhan atau alasan

🇵🇭Filipino

kakaiba

tinutukoy ng pagkakataon o simbuyo o kapritso sa halip na sa pamamagitan ng pangangailangan o dahilan

🇲🇾Malay

pelik

ditentukan secara kebetulan atau dorongan atau sesuka hati dan bukannya dengan keperluan atau sebab

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غريب الأطوار

تتحدد بالصدفة أو الدافع أو النزوة وليس بالضرورة أو العقل

🇮🇷Persian

غریب

از روی شانس یا انگیزه یا هوی و هوس به جای ضرورت یا دلیل تعیین می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

kaprisli

zorunluluk ya da akıldan ziyade şans ya da dürtü ya da kaprisle belirlenir

🇮🇱Hebrew

גַחְמָנִי

נקבע על ידי מקרה או דחף או גחמה ולא על ידי כורח או סיבה

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