adjective
relating to or caused by temperament
Examples
- temperamental indifference to neatness
- temperamental peculiarities
adjective
subject to sharply varying moods
Synonyms
Examples
- a temperamental opera singer
adjective
likely to perform unpredictably
Synonyms
Examples
- 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