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   tem·per·a·men·tal

   /ˌtemp(ə)rəˈmen(t)l/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) liable to unreasonable changes of mood: "a temperamental engine that had a way of conking out when put in gear" Similar volatileexcitableemotionaloveremotionalmercurialcapriciouserraticunpredictablechangeableinconsistentunstablehotheadedfieryexplosivehot-temperedshort-temperedquick-temperedirritableirascibleimpatientpetulantprima donna-ishmelodramatictouchymoodysensitiveoversensitivehypersensitivehighly strungneuroticeasily upsetinformal:on a short fuseOpposite calmplacidphlegmatic
   • 2. relating to a person's temperament: "they were firm friends in spite of temperamental differences" Similar inherentinnatenaturalinbornconstitutionaldeep-rootedingrainedcongenital

   Derivatives

   • 1. temperamentally adverb

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