vagary
nounHow to pronounce vagary:
Definition of vagary:
- vagary (noun):
- an unpredictable change in a situation or in someone's behaviour
- an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
- an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (in a situation or a person's behavior, etc.).
Synonyms for vagary:
bee
bee in one's bonnet
caprice
capriciousness
change
conceit
crotchet
fancifulness
fancy
fantasy
freak
humor
humour
impulse
kink
maggot
megrim
modification
notion
quirk
sport
sudden notion
thought
unpredictability
urge
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- boundaries
- unmindful
- realised
- untether
- amener
- savagely
- glacier
- nonagon
- condition
- incisor
- certainly
- Bengali
- overflow
- respected
- successor
- Patroclus
- commitment
- merriment
- refocus
- equipment
- opaque
- nourishment
- lethargic
- follower
- anecdote
- Diogenes
- earth mother
- quantity
- ecstatic
- salable
- suddenly
- constricting
- Ximena
- unfocused
- obfuscate
- axolotl
- extinguish
- gingerly
- sufficient
- hostelry
- attorney
- subtleties
- hairdresser
- bizarre
- emphasize
- diagraph
- accorded
- casefy
- admitting
- poverty
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