
whim



whim /wɪm/ noun [countable]
هوی و هوس، تلون مزاج، وسواس، خیال، وهم، تغییر ناگهانی
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Synonyms & Related Wordswhim[noun]Synonyms: impulse, caprice, fancy, notion, urge
Related Words: idea,
disposition,
inclination,
thought,
dream,
fantasy,
vision [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
English Dictionarywhim /wɪm/
noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: whim-wham 'decorative object, whim' (16-19 centuries), of unknown origin]
a sudden feeling that you would like to do or have something, especially when there is no important or good reason
on a whim
I didn’t leave just on a whim (=for no good reason).at the whim of somebody
At work they are at the whim of the boss.sb’s every whim
Their father had always indulged her every whim.at whim
He appeared and disappeared at whim. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
Collocationswhim noun ADJ. sudden | slightest The bird's nest is vulnerable to the slightest whim of the weather.
individual, personal | political Funding is subject to political whim. VERB + WHIM indulge, pander to, satisfy | be subject to, be vulnerable to, depend on | suffer For years she had suffered her husband's whims. PREP. at (sb's) ~ They seem to be able to change the rules of the game at whim. Slaves could be bought and sold at the whim of their masters.
on a ~ He bought the jacket on a whim, having seen it by chance in a shop window. PHRASES your every whim The child's parents pandered to his every whim. [TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲