Whimsical
['wɪmzɪk(ə)l] or ['wɪmzɪkl]
Definition
(a.) Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish.
(a.) Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Capricious, freakish, odd, singular, strange, fanciful, fantastic, notional, crotchety, BIZARRE, grotesque, queer.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Freakish, capricious, fanciful, fantastic, quaint, crotchety, droll, farcical
ANT:Staid, serious, sober, orderly, demure, sedate
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Examples
- My guardian stopped and looked at him with a whimsical mixture of amusement and indignation in his face. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and its solution is its own reward. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- A spoiled, whimsical boy he was in those days. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Birkin was too unreal;--clever, whimsical, wonderful, but not practical enough. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And then in a tone of whimsical inquisitiveness: 'What fruit, Rupert? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She kissed Gerty with a whimsical murmur. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- His train of reasoning is ingenious and whimsical, but I am not at leisure to give you a detail. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He lifted one of the white mice in the palm of his hand, and spoke to it in his whimsical way. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I felt myself in that whimsical state of uneasiness lately; but I shall be spared it now. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Placid and whimsical of look as ever, Mr Boffin answered: 'Quite so, Venus. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But perhaps he may be a little whimsical in his civilities, replied her uncle. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- There was a trace of his whimsical air upon him, as he tried to smile at her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To me this proceeding appeared (if so light a term may be permitted) extremely whimsical. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Always fantastical and whimsical! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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