temperamental

Definition von temperamental im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: 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; of, related to, or caused by temperament; {a} constitutional, real; subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer"; Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional; If you describe something such as a machine or car as temperamental, you mean that it often does not work properly. I first started cruising in yachts with temperamental petrol engines; 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; relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"; relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities; {s} variable, changeable, irritable; disapproval If you say that someone is temperamental, you are criticizing them for not being calm or quiet by nature, but having moods that change often and suddenly. He is very temperamental and critical
temperamentally: in a temperamental manner
temperamentally: excitably, moodily, in volatile form, with temperament
temperamentally: by temperament; "temperamentally suited to each other
temperamentally: Temperamentally means because of someone's basic nature or related to someone's basic nature. He is a quitter who is temperamentally unsuited to remaining a champion
temperamentally: by temperament; "temperamentally suited to each other"