Definition of 'whimsical'
adjective
A whimsical person or idea is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than serious and practical.
McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side.
His graphic art became slighter and more whimsical.
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adjective
2.
given to whims; capricious
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adjective
1.
full of or characterized by whims or whimsy
2.
oddly out of the ordinary; fanciful; freakish
3.
subject to sudden change; unpredictable
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Despite the warning, the house is whimsical and playful. Times, Sunday Times (2007)Wonderful and whimsical comedy drama. The Sun (2009)Despite his success, he retained a gently ironic, almost whimsical sense of the world. Times, Sunday Times (2011)A warm and whimsical film. Times, Sunday Times (2008)It is an attempt to show their lives gently, with a whimsical comedy, as a series of amusing anecdotes rather than straightforward mockery. Times, Sunday Times (2010)
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Translations for 'whimsical'
British English: whimsical ADJECTIVE
A whimsical person or idea is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than serious and practical.
...his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side.
- American English: whimsical
- Brazilian Portuguese: excêntrico
- Chinese: 异想天开的
- European Spanish: caprichoso
- French: fantasque
- German: wunderlich
- Italian: estroso
- Japanese: 気まぐれな
- Korean: 엉뚱한
- European Portuguese: excêntrico
- Spanish: caprichoso
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