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What does temperamental mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word temperamental? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
  2. 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.
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I am quite temperamental and if I think I've been treated unfairly it can cook up and then I boil over.
Tina bit her lip, wondering what kind of a mood her temperamental friend was in.
I am a temperamental person myself, so I probably would've lashed out myself.
There is a tendency to throw temperamental fits and tantrums, which are often directed at close associates and loved ones.
Both men were temperamental and subject to long periods of brooding followed by explosive outbursts of anger.
She may be dizzy, forgetful, disorganised and temperamental but she has always been reasonably candid about herself and her game plan.

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