temperamental

temperamental
[[t]te̱mprəme̱nt(ə)l[/t]]
1) ADJ-GRADED (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.

...a man given to temperamental outbursts and paranoia.

2) ADJ-GRADED 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...

Vickers machine-guns could be temperamental.


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  • temperamental — adjetivo 1. Del temperamento: los cambios temperamentales, estudios temperamentales. 2. Que tiene reacciones muy intensas, a veces violentas, o cambia con frecuencia su estado de ánimo: persona temperamental, carácter temperamental, artista… …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • tempéramental — tempéramental, ale, aux [ tɑ̃peramɑ̃tal, o ] adj. • 1845; de tempérament ♦ Didact. Qui a trait, se rapporte au tempérament constitutionnel d un individu. Les dominantes tempéramentales différencient les réactions. tempéramental, ale, aux… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Temperamental — Tem per*a*men tal, a. Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. [R.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • temperamental — index fractious, sensitive (easily affected) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • temperamental — of or pertaining to temperament, 1640s, from TEMPERAMENT (Cf. temperament); in the sense of moody it is recorded from 1907 …   Etymology dictionary

  • temperamental — adj. 2 g. 1. Relativo a temperamento. 2. Cujo comportamento é difícil de prever. = IMPREVISÍVEL, INSTÁVEL • adj. 2 g. s. 2 g. 3. Que ou quem reage excessivamente, consoante o seu humor em determinado momento.   ‣ Etimologia: temperamento + al …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • temperamental — [adj] angry most of the time; moody capricious, changeable, cussed*, easily upset, emotional, erratic, excitable, explosive, fickle, fiery, froward, headstrong, high strung*, hotheaded*, hyper*, hypersensitive, impatient, in bad mood,… …   New thesaurus

  • temperamental — 1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo al temperamento (ǁ constitución particular de cada individuo). 2. Dicho de una persona: De genio vivo, y que cambia con mucha frecuencia de humor o de estado de ánimo …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • temperamental — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or caused by temperament. 2) liable to unreasonable changes of mood. DERIVATIVES temperamentally adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • temperamental — [tem΄pər ə ment′ l, tem΄prə ment′ l] adj. 1. of or caused by temperament 2. having an excitable temperament; easily upset 3. erratic in behavior; unpredictable temperamentally adv …   English World dictionary

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