temperamental
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
relating to or caused by temperament
temperamental indifference to neatness
Related & opposite
- disposition derivation
- disposition pertains to
Sense 2 adjective
subject to sharply varying moods
a temperamental opera singer
Related & opposite
- temperament derivation
- moodiness derivation
- humour derivation
- emotional similar to
Sense 3 adjective
likely to perform unpredictably
erratic winds are the bane of a sailor
Related & opposite
- undependable similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disposition |
| 1 | pertains to | Related & opposite | disposition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | temperament |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | moodiness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | humour |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | emotional |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | undependable |