temperamental English

Meaning temperamental meaning

What does temperamental mean?

temperamental

— adjective relating to or caused by temperament temperamental indifference to neatness temperamental peculiarities

— adjective (= erratic) 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

— adjective subject to sharply varying moods a temperamental opera singer

Synonyms temperamental synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as temperamental?

temperamental English » English

moody

touchy

nervous

erratic

vigorous

tinder box

thin skinned

susceptible

spirited

short tempered

sentient

sensitive

responsive

quick-tempered

queasy

quarrelsome

qualities

mushy

irritable

irascible

impressionable

fretful

excitable

emotional

delicate

combustible