Defenition of the word temperamental

• Defenition of the word temperamental

  • likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster
  • subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"
  • relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"
  • likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn''t"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster
  • likely to perform unpredictably
  • subject to sharply varying moods
  • relating to or caused by temperament

Synonyms for the word temperamental

• • difficult
  • erratic
  • essential
  • excitable
  • explosive
  • hereditary
  • highly strung
  • inborn
  • inherent
  • innate
  • instinctive
  • moody
  • natural
  • unpredictable
  • unreliable
  • up and down
  • volatile

Similar words in the temperamental

• • emotional
  • temperamental
  • temperamentally
  • undependable
  • unreliable

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