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How to pronounce whim in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms caprice, impulse
Type of desire
Type Words
Synonyms notion, whimsey, whimsy
Type of idea, thought


he had a whimsy about flying to the moon.
whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it.

Examples of whim

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Still, exhibit designers John Kemper and Jim Moorkamp cater to their every whim.
From the stltoday.com
And, as RCA and Lucky-Goldstar show us, a brand's fortunes can change on a whim.
From the techcrunch.com
Something that seems fun and flirty and is done on a whim will never really die.
From the psychcentral.com
A whim led a bored ad agency worker from Canada to a blues club in Santa Monica.
From the latimes.com
You are trying to justify this subjective whim with something that is not there.
From the healthland.time.com
In that setting, she's not going to be able to eat every time the whim strikes.
From the charlotteobserver.com
On a whim, she asked her boyfriend one day if he thought she'd gained any weight.
From the ocregister.com
Drawing upon that heritage is no sudden whim for the Wests Tigers second-rower.
From the independent.co.uk
Don't buy pots on a whim, as there simply may not be a natural place to put them.
From the kidderminstershuttle.co.uk
More examples
  • Caprice: a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse"
  • Notion: an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"; "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"; "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"
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