temperamental
IPA: tɛmprʌmˈɛntʌɫ
adjective
- (not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
- Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious.
- (of a machine or of software, figuratively) User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate.
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Examples of "temperamental" in Sentences
- He is mercurial and temperamental.
- George Wolfe is the temperamental father.
- She was temperamental and quick to fight.
- He starts to act strange and temperamental.
- He was tempestuous, temperamental and unruly.
- Ego, in turn, generates the six temperamental moods.
- The Barb proved to be highly strung and temperamental.
- She has a reputation of being emotional and temperamental.
- He was fearless, if ebullient and temperamental, in court.
- Dimitri was of Mediterranean heritage and appears to be very temperamental.
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