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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
temperamental
    adj 1: relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental
           indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"
    2: subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera
       singer" [syn: moody, temperamental]
    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, temperamental]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Temperamental \Tem`per*a*men"tal\, a.
   Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. [R.] --Sir
   T. Browne.
   [1913 Webster]
Thesaurus Results for Temperamental:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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