temperamental
ADJECTIVE
/,tɛmprə'mɛntəl/
13 LETTERS · 5 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH T
temperamental is a valid 13-letter word worth 19 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1E1M3P3E1R1A1M3E1N1T1A1L1
1 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =19 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 38TRIPLE WORD → 57
MEANING
What does temperamental mean?
ADJECTIVE · 2 SENSES
1
Likely to perform unpredictably.
“a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't”
“that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute”
SYNONYMS
SIMILAR
2
Subject to sharply varying moods.
“a temperamental opera singer”
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SIMILAR
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OTHER · 1 SENSE
1
Relating to or caused by temperament.
“temperamental indifference to neatness”
“temperamental peculiarities”
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