Temperamental - English meaning

adjective

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour.

Usage examples:

It's terrible to feel our livelihood hinges on a capricious boss

adjective

Likely to change, or reacting to a sudden desire or new idea

Usage examples:

We have had very capricious weather lately.

adjective

Liable to unpredictable variation.

Usage examples:

The weather will be changeable with rain at times

adjective

Changing often

Usage examples:

The weather is very changeable this time of year.

adjective

(of a disease or physical abnormality) present from birth.

Usage examples:

A congenital malformation of the heart

adjective

Existing at or from birth

Usage examples:

A congenital defect

adjective

Relating to an established set of principles governing a state.

Usage examples:

A constitutional amendment

noun

A walk taken regularly to maintain or restore good health.

Usage examples:

She went out for a constitutional

adjective

Strongly felt or believed and very difficult to change or get rid of

Usage examples:

A deep-seated faith in god

adjective

Relating to a person's emotions.

Usage examples:

Gaining emotional support from relatives

adjective

Connected with or showing feelings

Usage examples:

The mayor made an emotional appeal for aid following the tornado., the coach appeared emotionally d…

adjective

Not even or regular in pattern or movement; unpredictable.

Usage examples:

Her breathing was erratic

noun

A rock or boulder that differs from the surrounding rock and is believed to have been brought from a distance by glacial action.

Usage examples:

The source of stone for the whetstones may have been glacial erratics

adjective

Changing suddenly and unexpectedly

Usage examples:

An erratic schedule

adjective

Responding too readily to something new or stimulating; easily excited.

Usage examples:

A rather excitable young man

adjective

(of a person or an animal) tending to react quickly and strongly to things

Usage examples:

The dog is excitable, so don’t come too close.

adjective

Able or likely to shatter violently or burst apart.

Usage examples:

An explosive device

noun

A substance which can be made to explode, especially any of those used in bombs or shells.

Usage examples:

Stocks of explosives

adjective

Exploding or able to explode easily

Usage examples:

An explosive device, certain gases are highly explosive., fig. it was a politically explosive issue…

adjective

Consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly.

Usage examples:

The sun was a fiery ball low on the hills

adjective

Flaming or extremely bright, hot, or of a red color like fire

Usage examples:

A fiery explosion, the fiery rays of the sun, fig. fiery (= spicy hot) chili, he’s known for his fi…

adjective

Doing things or reacting to things quickly and without thinking carefully first

Usage examples:

She can be hotheaded and rash., he is a competent but hotheaded manager.

adjective

Existing from birth.

Usage examples:

An inborn defect in the formation of collagen

adjective

Possessed as a characteristic from birth

Usage examples:

Research suggests that some people have an inborn tendency to develop certain types of cancer.

adjective

Not staying the same throughout.

Usage examples:

The quality of the material was often inconsistent

adjective

(of a habit, belief, or attitude) firmly fixed or established; difficult to change.

Usage examples:

His deeply ingrained catholic convictions

verb

Firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person.

Usage examples:

They trivialize the struggle and further ingrain the long-standing attitudes

adjective

(of beliefs, attitudes, or habits) so established that they are difficult to change

Usage examples:

Saying “thank you” became such a deeply ingrained habit that he never forgot to do it.

adjective

Existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.

Usage examples:

Any form of mountaineering has its inherent dangers

adjective

Existing as a natural and permanent quality of something or someone

Usage examples:

The drug has certain inherent side effects., some phenomena in physics are inherently uncertain.

adjective

Inborn; natural.

Usage examples:

Her innate capacity for organization

prefix

Variant spelling of in-1, in-2 assimilated before r (as in irradiate, irrelative ).

abbreviation

Infrared.

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 77, a hard, dense silvery-white metal.

adjective

Subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.

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His mercurial temperament

noun

A drug or other compound containing mercury.

Usage examples:

For twenty years organic mercurials were the most potent diuretics in clinical use

adjective

Changing suddenly and often

Usage examples:

A mercurial temperament, she was entertaining but unpredictable, with mercurial mood swings., a mer…

adjective

Existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind.

Usage examples:

Carrots contain a natural antiseptic

noun

A person having an innate talent for a particular task or activity.

Usage examples:

She was a natural for television work

adverb

A person born with a learning disability.

adjective

Having feelings that are too easily excited and displayed.

Usage examples:

We're not an overemotional family

adjective

Having feelings that are too strong, or expressing feelings in too strong a way

Usage examples:

I didn't tell her because she always reacts in an over-emotional way., i remember a meeting the eve…

adjective

Likely to become angry very easily

Usage examples:

She was a quick-tempered woman., he could be quick-tempered with those who opposed him.

adjective

Tending to become angry quickly and easily

adjective

Not able to be predicted; changeable.

Usage examples:

The unpredictable weather of the scottish islands

adjective

Tending to change suddenly and without reason or warning, and therefore not able to be depended on

Usage examples:

Unpredictable weather, the world is pretty unpredictable.

adjective

If something is unpredictable, it is likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, so cannot be planned for

Usage examples:

To protect it from the unpredictable nature of software sales, the company has adopted a new busine…

adjective

Likely to give way; not stable.

Usage examples:

The unstable cliff tops

adjective

Not firm and therefore not strong, safe, or likely to last

Usage examples:

It is a poor and politically unstable country., he’s emotionally unstable – you never know how he’l…

adjective

(of a substance) easily evaporated at normal temperatures.

Usage examples:

Volatile solvents such as petroleum ether, hexane, and benzene

noun

A volatile substance.

Usage examples:

Methyl acetate had the highest mean peak height of the selected volatiles, followed by acetic acid …

adjective

Likely to change suddenly and unexpectedly, or suddenly violent or angry

Usage examples:

It was a volatile situation, and the police handled it well., the stock market was highly volatile …