English adjective: temperamental | |||
1. | temperamental relating to or caused by temperament | ||
Samples | Temperamental indifference to neatness. Temperamental peculiarities. | ||
2. | temperamental subject to sharply varying moods | ||
Samples | A temperamental opera singer. | ||
Synonyms | moody | ||
Similar | emotional | ||
Antonyms | unemotional | ||
3. | temperamental likely to perform unpredictably | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Synonyms | erratic | ||
Similar | undependable, unreliable | ||
Antonyms | dependable, reliable | ||