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Meanings of whim in inglês

português
caprichoso
espanhol
noción

An odd or fanciful or capricious idea.

caprichoso
português
desejo
catalão
caprici
espanhol
impulso

A sudden desire.

desejo
Synonyms
Examples for "notion"
Examples for "notion"
1
Tilda's voice: 'The notion of Manifest Destiny is historically suspect, of course.
The Long Earth
2
He initially held the traditional notion that economic fundamentals led market moves.
Reuters
3
Systematic reviews support the notion that sleep is important for children's health.
Pubmed
4
You can deduce no single actual particular from the notion of it.
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking
5
In essence, we need to unpick an essentially imperialist notion of power.
The South African
1
And they fell in gayly with her whimsy and called her T.O.
Four Girls and a Compact
2
In daylight it probably looked like a toy: a rich man's whimsy.
Act of will
3
He danced there like the whimsy sunbeam of a shaken water below.
Celt and Saxon — Volume 1
4
It crackles with wit, warmth and whimsy without a hint of pretension.
News.com.au
5
What farther whimsy of an unkind Fate had prompted his long walk?
Port O' Gold / A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
1
They mout get some whimsey into their heads, an' come this ways.
The Lone Ranche
2
There's a story that once in a spirit of whimsey, Capt.
The new yorker
3
He is a man of whimsey and temper and also mood.
The thing from another world
4
It is a whim of Mrs. Grundy's, who is all whimsey.
From the Easy Chair, Volume 1
5
Once more the smile on her lips announced a whimsey.
The Little Lady of the Big House

Mining device.

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Usage of whim in inglês
1
His choice of the Netherlands, however, was not taken on a whim.
The Guardian
2
Government controlled economic activity became an unemployment mop, activated on ministerial whim.
The Irish Times
3
Money could no longer be printed at will or on a whim.
The Guardian
4
Ideally he did; but it was just a fleeting expression or whim.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
5
The idle whim of a sardonic old man; nothing more than that.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
6
The whole place proclaimed itself to be the whim of a despot.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
7
To Christophe the remark was nothing but the whim of a moment.
Jean-Christophe in Paris: The Market-Place, Antoinette, the Hous...
8
This was no mere passing whim on the part of the emperor.
Legends of the Rhine
9
I don't like the idea of things being changed by a whim.
Midnight at the well of souls
10
This tobacco had been a whim of mine in more prosperous times.
Ask the Dust
11
Then a whim seized her, and she sat up, grave and eager.
The History of David Grieve
12
I traveled the world to follow my interests on the slightest whim.
I shot you babe
13
He will be wealthy, and in a position to gratify any whim.
The Upton Letters
14
Lots of people have discovered their hidden gifts by following a whim.
The Irish Times
15
It was reopened on a Tudor whim; it closes on Cromwell's command.
The King’s Curse
16
He rushed to the whim-room, but found the boy still sleeping soundly.
Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day
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Translations for whim
Whim through the time
Whim across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
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