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English adjective: temperamental

1. temperamental relating to or caused by temperament


SamplesTemperamental indifference to neatness.
Temperamental peculiarities.

2. temperamental subject to sharply varying moods


SamplesA temperamental opera singer.


Synonymsmoody


Similaremotional


Antonymsunemotional

3. temperamental likely to perform unpredictably


SamplesErratic 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.


Synonymserratic


Similarundependable, unreliable


Antonymsdependable, reliable









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