temperamental

English

Etymology

temperament +‎ -al

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

temperamental (comparative more temperamental, superlative most temperamental)

(not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious; sometimes used figuratively to describe user-unfriendly or unstable machines or software that are either complicated and/or have poorly written instructions and are subsequently difficult to operate.

Derived terms

temperamentally

Translations

emotional or moody, inconsistent

Finnish: temperamenttinen, oikutteleva (fi)
French: caractériel (fr)

Maori: hārakiraki, hūkokikoki
Romanian: temperamental (ro) m

Spanish

Adjective

temperamental (plural temperamentales)

temperamental, moody

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