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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 | ||
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