Associations to the word «Temperamental»

Wiktionary

TEMPERAMENTAL, adjective. (notcomp) of, related to, or caused by temperament
TEMPERAMENTAL, adjective. Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious; sometimes used figuratively to describe user-unfriendly or unstable machines or software that are either complicated and/or have poorly written instructions and are subsequently difficult to operate.

Dictionary definition

TEMPERAMENTAL, adjective. Relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities".
TEMPERAMENTAL, adjective. Subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer".
TEMPERAMENTAL, adjective. 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.

Wise words

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.
Ray Bradbury