temperamental meaning and definition

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TEMPERAMENTAL adjective

Definition of temperamental (adjective)

relating to or caused by temperament
- "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"
subject to sharply varying moods
- "a temperamental opera singer"
- synonyms: moody
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
- synonyms: erratic

Source: Princeton University Wordnet