temperamental
US: /ˌtɛmpɝˈmɛntəɫ/, /ˌtɛmpɹəˈmɛntəɫ/
UK: /tˌɛmpɹəmˈɛntəl/
UK: /tˌɛmpɹəmˈɛntəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
temperamental /,tempərə'mentl/
- tính từ
- (thuộc) khí chất, (thuộc) tính khí
- hay thay đổi, bất thường; đồng bóng (tính tình)
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 (usually disapproving) having a tendency to become angry, excited or upset easily, and to behave in an unreasonable way: You never know what to expect with her. She's so temperamental. + (figurative) The printer's being temperamental this morning. + He's a temperamental player (= he plays well or badly according to his mood).
2 connected with sb's nature and personality: They are firm friends in spite of temperamental differences.
temperamentally adverb: I'm temperamentally unsuited to this job.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 moody, sensitive, touchy, hypersensitive, volatile, irascible, irritable, petulant, testy, short-tempered, hot-tempered, hotheaded, hot-blooded, excitable, explosive, on a short fuse or US fuze, capricious, impatient, bad-humoured, curt, brusque, short, gruff, bluff, curmudgeonly, waspish, snappish, peevish, crabby, crabbed, grumpy, huffish, huffy, crotchety, US cranky, Colloq grouchy:
He's not usually temperamental - must be something he ate.
2 erratic, uneven, unreliable, inconsistent, undependable, unpredictable:
That car of mine is getting temperamental in its old age.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, seem | become, get
ADV.
highly, very
Actors have the reputation of being highly temperamental.
| a bit, quite
Concise English dictionary
‚tempərə'mentl
adj.
+relating to or caused by temperament
+subject to sharply varying moods
+likely to perform unpredictably
