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temperamental
Overview of adj temperamental
The adj temperamental has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. temperamental -- (relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities")
2. moody, temperamental -- (subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer")
3. erratic, temperamental -- (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)
Antonyms of adj temperamental
2 of 3 senses of temperamental
Sense 2
moody, temperamental
INDIRECT (VIA emotional) -> unemotional
Sense 3
erratic, temperamental
INDIRECT (VIA unreliable, undependable) -> reliable, dependable
INDIRECT (VIA unreliable, undependable) -> reliable, dependable
Similarity of adj temperamental
3 senses of temperamental
Sense 1
temperamental
Pertains to noun temperament (Sense 1)
=>disposition, temperament
=> nature
Sense 2
moody, temperamental
=> emotional (vs. unemotional)
Sense 3
erratic, temperamental
=> unreliable (vs. reliable), undependable (vs. dependable)
Pertainyms of adj temperamental
1 of 3 senses of temperamental
Sense 1
temperamental
Pertains to noun temperament (Sense 1)
=>disposition, temperament
=> nature
Attributes of adj temperamental
Domain of adj temperamental
Domain Terms of adj temperamental
Familiarity of adj temperamental
temperamental used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Grep of adj temperamental
temperamental
Grep of adv temperamental
temperamentally
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