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Temperamental

Temperamental Meaning & Definition
Temperamental Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Temperamental?

[adj] 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
[adj] subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"
[adj] relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Temperamental: emotional | erratic | moody | undependable | unreliable

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Temperamental In Webster's Dictionary

\Tem`per*a*men"tal\, a. Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.

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