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temperamental

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tem·per·a·men·tal  (tmpr-mntl, tmpr--)
adj.
1. Relating to or caused by temperament: our temperamental differences.
2. Excessively sensitive or irritable; moody.
3. Likely to perform unpredictably; undependable: a temperamental motor.

temper·a·mental·ly adv.

temperamental [ˌtɛmpərəˈmɛntəl -prəˈmɛntəl]
adj
1. easily upset or irritated; excitable; volatile
2. of, relating to, or caused by temperament
3. Informal working erratically and inconsistently; unreliable a temperamental sewing machine
temperamentally  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.temperamental - relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"
2.temperamental - subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"
emotional - of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional"
3.temperamental - 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
undependable, unreliable - not worthy of reliance or trust; "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant"

temperamental
adjective
2. (Informal) unreliable, unpredictable, undependable, inconsistent, erratic, inconstant, unstable The machine guns could be temperamental.
unreliable reliable, dependable, stable, constant, steady
3. natural, inherent, innate, constitutional, ingrained, congenital, inborn, hard-wired Some temperamental qualities are not easily detected by parents.
Translations
temperamental [ˌtempərəˈmentl] ADJ
1. (= moody) [person, machine] → caprichoso
2. (= caused by one's nature) → temperamental, por temperamento
temperamental [ˌtɛmpərəˈmɛntəl] adj
[person] → lunatique, fantasque; [outburst] → d'humeur
[car, machine] → capricieux/euse
temperamental
adj
temperamentvoll, launenhaft (pej); temperamental outburstTemperamentsausbruch m
machine, carlaunisch (hum); to be temperamentalMucken haben (inf), → launisch sein (hum)
(= caused by temperament) inability, unsuitabilityveranlagungsmäßig; laziness etcangeboren
temperamental [ˌtɛmprəˈmɛntl] adj
a. (moody, person) → capriccioso/a (fig) (machine) → che fa i capricci
b. (caused by one's nature) → innato/a


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And by the same token, how was I to guess that her brother Pat's offishness with me was anything else than temperamental gloominess of spirit?
It is not an individual, temperamental achievement, but simply the skilled use of a captured force, merely another step forward upon the way of universal conquest.
Not that I--a confirmed and, as Furuseth phrased it, a temperamental idealist-- was to be compelled; but that Wolf Larsen stormed the last strongholds of my faith with a vigour that received respect, while not accorded conviction.
 
 
 
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