temperamental adj

1 relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"

2 subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer" [syn: moody]

3 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 [syn: erratic]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntəl

Adjective

1. of, related to, or caused by temperament
2. 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.

Derived terms

• temperamentally

Temperamental is a 1999 album by Everything but the Girl. It is their most recent studio album.

Track listing

1. "Five Fathoms" – 6:24
2. "Low Tide of the Night" – 4:45
3. "Blame" – 6:18
4. "Hatfield 1980" – 5:12
5. "Temperamental" – 5:20
6. "Compression" – 7:11
7. "Downhill Racer" – 3:49
8. "Lullaby of Clubland" – 5:30
9. "No Difference" – 4:26
10. "The Future of the Future (Stay Gold)" featuring Deep Dish – 7:52

Personnel

• Ben Watt - bass, keyboards, guitars, strings, scratches, beats, sound editing & programming
• Tracy Thorn - vocals

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