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(adjective) relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities" |
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(satellite adjective) 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 |
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Synonyms: erratic |
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(satellite adjective) subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer" |
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Synonyms: moody |
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