Capricious vs Irrepressible - What's the difference?
capricious | irrepressible | Related terms |
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim
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Not containable or controllable.
* 1858 , , Nicholas Nickleby , ch. 15:
(of a person) Especially high-spirited, outspoken, or insistent.
* 1875 , , The Law and the Lady , ch. 3:
* 1900 , , Lord Jim , ch. 19:
* 1901 , , The Octopus , Book II, Conclusion:
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Capricious is a related term of irrepressible.
As adjectives the difference between capricious and irrepressible
is that capricious is impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim while irrepressible is irrepressible.capricious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I almost died in a capricious winter storm.
- Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously .
- The Mayor claimed that the action was reasonable, but in reality the action was arbitrary and capricious in nature.
Usage notes
* Capricious can describe both a person and the decisions they make.Synonyms
* whimsical * arbitraryAntonyms
* conscientious * rigorousDerived terms
* capriciouslyirrepressible
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Adjective
(en-adj)- "...here the two friends burst into a variety of giggles, and glanced from time to time, over the tops of their pocket-handkerchiefs, at Nicholas, who from a state of unmixed astonishment, gradually fell into one of irrepressible laughter...
- The irrepressible landlady gave the freest expression to her feelings.
- Schomberg, . . . an irrepressible retailer of all the scandalous gossip of the place, would, with both elbows on the table, impart an adorned version of the story to any guest.
- "The irrepressible Yank is knocking at the doors of their temples and he will want to sell 'em carpet-sweepers for their harems."
People," Time :
- It was Paris' irrepressible High Fashion Doyenne Gabrielle ("Coco") Chanel, 80, so-soing this and high-hatting that, while Women's Wear Daily took notes.
Sherman Hemsley, ‘Jeffersons’ Star, Is Dead at 74," New York Times (retrieved 16 June 2013):
- High-strung and irrepressible , George Jefferson quickly became one of America’s most popular television characters, a high-energy, combative black man who backed down to no one.