Origin: Latin
suffix -al
Temperamental has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
relating to or caused by temperament
"temperamental indifference to neatness"
"temperamental peculiarities"
2
subject to sharply varying moods
"a temperamental opera singer"
3
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"
4
Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
Example Sentences
"temperamental indifference to neatness"
adjective
"temperamental peculiarities"
adjective
"a temperamental opera singer"
adjective
"erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"
adjective
"a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"
adjective
"that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"
adjective