temperamental

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. relating to or caused by temperament
- temperamental indifference to neatness
- temperamental peculiarities
• Pertains to noun:
temperament
• Derivationally related forms:
temperament
2. subject to sharply varying moods
- a temperamental opera singer
• Syn:
moody
• Similar to:
emotional
• Derivationally related forms:
temperament, mood (for: moody), moodiness (for: moody)
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"- Osbert Lancaster
• Syn:
erratic
• Similar to:
unreliable, undependable

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  erratic, moody