temperamental

Meanings

Adjective

• relating to or caused by temperament
  • "temperamental indifference to neatness"
  • "temperamental peculiarities"

Adjective Satellite

• subject to sharply varying moods
  • "a temperamental opera singer"
• likely to perform unpredictably; ; ; - Osbert Lancaster
  • "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"
  • "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"

Adj

• Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
• Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious.
• User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate; unpredictable and erratic.

Synonyms

erratic, moody