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tempermental

US/ˌtɛm.pɚˈmɛn.təl/

tempermental is the misconstruction of temperamental.

Meaning of temperamental

Adjective

temperamental (comparative more temperamental, superlative most temperamental)

  1. (not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
  2. Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious.
  3. (figuratively) User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate; unpredictable and erratic.

Forms of tempermental

comparativemore tempermental
superlativemost tempermental

Origin of tempermental

From temperment + -al.

Questions about tempermental

What is tempermental the misconstruction of?
Tempermental is the misconstruction of temperamental.
How do you pronounce tempermental?
Tempermental is pronounced /ˌtɛm.pɚˈmɛn.təl/ (US).

Words near tempermental in the dictionary

  1. temperings
  2. temperish
  3. temperless
  4. Temperley
  5. temperment
  6. tempermental
  7. temperments
  8. temperoammonic
  9. temperomandibular
  10. temperospatial
  11. tempers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tempermental (page history and authors); temperamental (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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