What is another word for temperamental?
Pronunciation:
[ tˌɛmpɹəmˈɛntə͡l], [ tˌɛmpɹəmˈɛntəl], [ t_ˌɛ_m_p_ɹ_ə_m_ˈɛ_n_t_əl]
Related words: temperamental machine, temperamental birds, temperamental people, temperamental cow
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Similar words for temperamental:
- bad-tempered (adjective)
- capricious (adjective)
- contemptuous (adjective)
- emotional (adjective)
- excitable (adjective)
- fickle (adjective)
- sensitive (adjective)
- hot (adjective)
- ill-natured (adjective)
- inconsistent (adjective)
- quick-tempered (adjective)
- short-tempered (adjective)
- temperamental (adjective)
- ticklish (adjective)
- tottery (adjective)
- touchy (adjective)
- unstable (adjective)
- unstable/unsteady (adjective)
- variable (adjective)
- volatile (adjective)
Synonyms for Temperamental:
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adj.
• bad-tempered • capricious- Humorsome ,
- Vagarious ,
- YOYO ,
- any way the wind blows ,
- changeful ,
- yo-yo ,
- Punchy ,
- arbitrary ,
- blowing hot and cold ,
- careless ,
- contrary ,
- effervescent ,
- every which way ,
- fanciful ,
- fitful ,
- flaky ,
- flighty ,
- gaga ,
- helter-skelter ,
- impulsive ,
- lubricious ,
- moody ,
- mutable ,
- notional ,
- odd ,
- oddest ,
- queer ,
- quirky ,
- temperamental ,
- unreasonable ,
- up and down ,
- wayward .
- hotblooded ,
- over-wrought ,
- Roused ,
- affecting ,
- ardent ,
- disturbed ,
- ecstatic ,
- emotive ,
- enthusiastic ,
- exciting ,
- falling apart ,
- fanatical ,
- feeling ,
- fervent ,
- fervid ,
- heartwarming ,
- heated ,
- histrionic ,
- hot-blooded ,
- hysterical ,
- impassioned ,
- impetuous ,
- irrational ,
- moving ,
- nervous ,
- overwrought ,
- pathetic ,
- poignant ,
- responsive ,
- sentient ,
- sentimental ,
- spontaneous ,
- stirred ,
- stirring ,
- susceptible ,
- tear-jerking ,
- tender ,
- thrilling ,
- touching ,
- warm ,
- zealous .
- Agitable ,
- Alarmable ,
- galvanic ,
- hottempered ,
- over-zealous ,
- short fused ,
- volcanic ,
- demonstrative ,
- edgy ,
- fidgety ,
- fierce ,
- hasty ,
- inflammable ,
- intolerant ,
- overzealous ,
- quick ,
- rash ,
- reckless ,
- restless ,
- skittish ,
- uncontrolled ,
- uneasy ,
- vehement ,
- violent .
- quicksilver ,
- cheating ,
- coquettish ,
- double-crossing ,
- faithless ,
- frivolous ,
- irresolute ,
- sneaking ,
- two-timing ,
- unfaithful ,
- untrue .
- angry ,
- animated ,
- aroused ,
- distracted ,
- eager ,
- excited ,
- furious ,
- indignant ,
- inflamed ,
- intense ,
- lustful ,
- raging ,
- stormy .
- catty ,
- churlish ,
- cross ,
- disagreeable ,
- disobliging ,
- dyspeptic ,
- ill-humored ,
- malevolent ,
- malicious ,
- nasty ,
- perverse ,
- spiteful ,
- sulky ,
- sullen ,
- surly ,
- tempersome ,
- unfriendly ,
- unkind ,
- unpleasant .
- conflicting ,
- discordant ,
- discrepant ,
- dissonant ,
- illogical ,
- incoherent ,
- incompatible ,
- incongruent ,
- incongruous ,
- irreconcilable ,
- warring .
- more peckish ,
- more short fused ,
- more short-fused ,
- more shortfused ,
- most peckish ,
- most short fused ,
- most short-fused ,
- most shortfused ,
- short tempered ,
- shortfused ,
- shorttempered .
- cussed ,
- easily upset ,
- erratic ,
- explosive ,
- froward ,
- headstrong ,
- high-strung ,
- hotheaded ,
- hyper ,
- impatient ,
- in bad mood ,
- mean ,
- neurotic ,
- ornery ,
- passionate ,
- petulant ,
- thin-skinned ,
- undependable ,
- unreliable ,
- willful .
- bad tempered ,
- badtempered ,
- bundle nerves ,
- hyper sensitive ,
- hyper-sensitive ,
- more hypersensitive ,
- more oversensitive ,
- more perturbable ,
- more pettish ,
- most hypersensitive ,
- most oversensitive ,
- most perturbable ,
- most pettish ,
- over sensitive ,
- over-sensitive ,
- oversensitive ,
- thin skinned ,
- thinskinned ,
- un safe ,
- un safer ,
- un safest ,
- un-safe ,
- un-safer ,
- un-safest ,
- up tight ,
- up-tight ,
- wired up .
- Teetering ,
- in secure ,
- in securer ,
- in securest ,
- in-secure ,
- in-securer ,
- in-securest ,
- more fluctuating ,
- more teetering ,
- more weaving ,
- most teetering ,
- most weaving ,
- un settled ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un steadier ,
- un steadiest ,
- un steady ,
- un-settled ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-steadier ,
- un-steadiest ,
- un-steady ,
- un-trustworthy ,
- unsteadiest ,
- wigglier ,
- wiggliest .
Other synonyms:
- Hot-headed ,
- censorious ,
- changeable ,
- choleric ,
- choosy ,
- crabbed ,
- crabby ,
- cranky ,
- crotchety ,
- crusty ,
- curmudgeonly ,
- fussy ,
- grouchy ,
- high-maintenance ,
- hot-tempered ,
- hypercritical ,
- ill-tempered ,
- insatiable ,
- irascible ,
- irritable ,
- jaundiced ,
- judgmental ,
- nagging ,
- obstreperous ,
- pedantic ,
- pedantry ,
- peevish ,
- peppery ,
- pernickety ,
- pettish ,
- petty ,
- picky ,
- querulous ,
- quick-tempered ,
- short-tempered ,
- snappy ,
- testy ,
- tetchy ,
- unforgiving .
- uncertain .
- bad-tempered ,
- bilious ,
- demanding ,
- finicky ,
- foul ,
- fractious ,
- mercurial ,
- miserable ,
- persnickety ,
- ratty ,
- unpredictable ,
- uptight .
Other relevant words:
• moody
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How to use "Temperamental" in context?
Some people are considered to be temperamental because they have a hard time controlling their emotions. They may act impulsively and get upset easily. Some people believe that temperamental people can't control their anger, and they may have a harder time completing tasks.
Paraphrases for Temperamental:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
whimsical.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
capricious, skittish, spoiled, spoilt.
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Adjective
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