temperamental
If your moods change quickly and dramatically, people might describe you as temperamental. If you weren't so temperamental, maybe your friends would open up to you more. Did I say something wrong?
The adjective temperamental can also be used to describe objects that behave unpredictably. A temperamental air conditioner can make for a long, hot summer. Fortunately, you're not temperamental or you might have smashed it to bits by now. The second “e” in temperamental gets swallowed so that it sounds like "temp-ra-MENT-al" (four syllables).
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subject to sharply varying moods
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relating to or caused by temperament“temperamental indifference to neatness”“temperamental peculiarities”
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likely to perform unpredictably“a temperamental motor”“"that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster”
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