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[ tem-per-uh-men-tl, -pruh-men-, -per-men- ] / ˌtɛm pər əˈmɛn tl, -prəˈmɛn-, -pərˈmɛn- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR temperamental ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament. moody, irritable, or sensitive: a temperamental artist. given to erratic behavior; unpredictable. of or relating to temperament; constitutional: temperamental differences. Origin of temperamentalFirst recorded in 1640–50; temperament + -al1 SYNONYMS FOR temperamental2 excitable, volatile, emotional. SEE SYNONYMS FOR temperamental ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM temperamentaltem·per·a·men·tal·ly, adverbnon·tem·per·a·men·tal, adjectivenon·tem·per·a·men·tal·ly, adverbun·tem·per·a·men·tal, adjective un·tem·per·a·men·tal·ly, adverb Words nearby temperamentaltempeh, Tempelhof, temper, tempera, temperament, temperamental, temperance, temperate, temperate bacteriophage, Temperate Zone, temperature Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for temperamentalOn the surface, the inventory is unpredictable and temperamental. A new era has arrived in local search: Google’s Local Trust Pack|Justin Sanger|September 18, 2020|Search Engine Land Both a rocket engine with a temperamental record and an airframe of revolutionary design and construction had to be proved safe. Virgin Galactic’s Flight Path to Disaster: A Clash of High Risk and Hyperbole|Clive Irving|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST His father could be temperamental and misogynistic, but the family was never plagued with major money-laundering or sex scandals. Frank Schaeffer, the Atheist Who Believes in God|Nick Tabor|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST In addition to his temperamental aversion to populism, Roosevelt also had a practical reason to be cautious. The GOP’s Last Identity Crisis Remade U.S. Politics|Michael Wolraich|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There, Armstrong became famous for flying the dangerous and temperamental X-15 rocket plane. Buzz Aldrin: Neil Armstrong Was ‘The Best Pilot I Ever Knew’|Taylor Dinerman|August 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST If a writer is by definition a temperamental soul, than a Russian writer represents perhaps a most temperamental soul. ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette,’ ‘The Black Rhinos of Namibia,’ ‘The Wives’|Nicholas Mancusi|August 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST They do, in truth, differ widely from the works which they succeeded, but the difference is not temperamental. French Art|W. C. Brownell Perhaps she implied the temperamental little thing found herself in a class, all by herself, in this regard. Nothing But the Truth|Frederic S. Isham To temperamental pairing, he declared, the century owed its breed of decadents. The Pool in the Desert|Sara Jeanette Duncan All this evidence of my temperamental instability alarms and distresses me on reflection and makes the soul weary. The Journal of a Disappointed Man|Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion "He seems a temperamental person," Mr. Stott replied, evasively. The Dude Wrangler|Caroline Lockhart
British Dictionary definitions for temperamental/ (ˌtɛmpərəˈmɛntəl, -prəˈmɛntəl) /
adjectiveeasily upset or irritated; excitable; volatile of, relating to, or caused by temperament informal working erratically and inconsistently; unreliablea temperamental sewing machine Derived forms of temperamentaltemperamentally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to temperamentalimpatient, mercurial, petulant, ornery, capricious, headstrong, excitable, unpredictable, fickle, unstable, volatile, high-strung, irritable, unreliable, thin-skinned, passionate, erratic, changeable, emotional, explosive |