temperamental

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.

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temper·a·mental·ly adv.

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temperamental [ˌtɛmpərəˈmɛnt^əl -prəˈmɛnt^əl]

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

Thesaurus

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" moody 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 erratic undependable, unreliable - not worthy of reliance or trust; "in the early 1950s computers were large and expensive and unreliable"; "an undependable assistant"

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temperamental

adjective

1. moody, emotional, touchy, sensitive, explosive, passionate, volatile, fiery, impatient, erratic, neurotic, irritable, mercurial, excitable, capricious, petulant, hot-headed, chippy (informal), hypersensitive, highly strung, easily upset, unstable a man given to temperamental outbursts and paranoia
moody calm, level-headed, even-tempered, easy-going, cool-headed, unflappable, phlegmatic, stable, unexcitable, unperturbable

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 [ˌtɛmpər^əˈmɛnt^əl] adj

[person] → lunatique, fantasque; [outburst] → d'humeur

[car, machine] → capricieux/euse

temperamental

adj

→ temperamentvoll, launenhaft (pej); temperamental outburst → Temperamentsausbruch m

machine, car → launisch (hum); to be temperamental → Mucken haben (inf), → launisch sein (hum)

(= caused by temperament) inability, unsuitability → veranlagungsmäßig; laziness etc → angeboren

temperamental [ˌtɛmp/ərəˈmɛntl] adj

a. (moody, person) → capriccioso/a (fig) (machine) → che fa i capricci

b. (caused by one's nature) → innato/a