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- Dictionarywhimsical/ˈwɪmzɪkl/
adjective
- 1. playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way: "a whimsical sense of humour" Similar
- 2. acting or behaving in a capricious manner: "the whimsical arbitrariness of autocracy" Similar
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unusual and strange in a way that might be funny or annoying: a whimsical tale. Despite his kindly, sometimes whimsical air, he was a shrewd observer of people. Synonyms. capricious literary. impulsive. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strange, suspicious and unnatural. aberrantly. abnormally. add. freakishly. freakishness.
The meaning of WHIMSICAL is resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice; especially : lightly fanciful. How to use whimsical in a sentence. Trace Whimsical Back to the 16th Century.
unusual and strange in a way that might be funny or annoying: a whimsical tale. Despite his kindly, sometimes whimsical air, he was a shrewd observer of people. Synonyms. capricious literary. impulsive. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Strange, suspicious and unnatural. aberrantly. abnormally. add. freakishly. freakishness.
Whimsical definition: given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious. See examples of WHIMSICAL used in a sentence.
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.
Whimsical means full of or characterized by whims, which are odd ideas that usually occur to you very suddenly. If you decide at the last minute to fly to Europe, you could say you went there on a whim. Whimsical can also mean tending toward odd or unpredictable behavior.
Definition of whimsical adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
