Crossword clues for temperamental
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Temperamental \Tem`per*a*men"tal\, a.
Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. [R.]
--Sir
T. Browne.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"of or pertaining to temperament," 1640s, from temperament + -al (1); in the sense of "moody" it is recorded from 1907. Related: Temperamentally.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context notcomp English) 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.
WordNet
adj. relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"
subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera singer" [syn: moody]
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]
Wikipedia
Temperamental is the tenth and final album to date by British music duo Everything but the Girl.
The album was reissued by Edsel Records as a 2-disc deluxe set in 2015.
Temperamental may refer to:
- Temperamental (Everything but the Girl album)
- Temperamental (Divinyls album)
- The Temperamentals, a 2009 play about the founding of the Mattachine Society
Temperamental is the third album by Australian band Divinyls, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music) by Chrysalis Records. Three singles were lifted from the album – " Back to the Wall"/"Fighting" (Aust #33, March 1988), their cover of Syndicate of Sound's "Hey Little Boy"/"Para Dice" (#23, July) and "Punxsie"/"Victoria" (October).
Rehearsals began in Los Angeles in October 1986, with the band by then reduced to just singer Chrissy Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee. Guitarist Bjarne Ohlin had already left and drummer JJ Harris was sacked at the insistence of producer Mike Chapman, who regarded him as inadequate for the task. The band's label, Chrysalis Records, told Amphlett and McEntee it regarded the album as a make-or-break record, following the lacklustre sales performance of its predecessor, What a Life!. The pair returned to Australia in December 1986 for a series of Australian Made gigs in the capital cities, with Divinyls joining a lineup that included Mental As Anything, I'm Talking, The Triffids, The Saints, Models, Jimmy Barnes and INXS. Amphlett and McEntee were supported on stage by Rick Grossman (bass), Kenny Lyon (keyboards) and Americans Tommy Cain (drums) and Frank Infante (guitar).
Grossman quit at the close of the Australian Made tour and checked in to a rehabilitation clinic for treatment for heroin addiction and Amphlett and McEntee returned to Los Angeles in 1987 to begin recording. The new lineup for the album included Lyon, Machinations drummer Warren McLean and Tootieville bassist Tim Millikan. Recording began at Rumbo Studios, but ceased after complaints about noise by Neil Diamond, who was recording in the next studio. The band transferred to Sunset Sound Recorders with Chapman to complete the album.
The album reached No. 11 in Australia, but despite heavy promotion, was the last to be released through Chrysalis. Amphlett explained: "We still owed them more than a million dollars – unpaid reimbursement of their advances for recording, distributing and promoting three albums, and supporting all those tours, yet they let us off the hook. Chrysalis knew, as did we, that we'd never be able to repay such a sum. They figured that because Temperamental hadn't broken us in the States, we were never going to make it there and they'd be smarter to write off our debt as a tax deduction. 'It's time to split', they said. 'We can't do anything more with Divinyls'."
Amphlett believes the album contains some of the band's best songs, written "throughout the emotional maelstrom of the exits of (manager) Vince (Lovegrove), Bjarne, Rick and JJ", including "Back to the Wall", "Punxsie" and "Better Days", as well as "Hey Little Boy".
Usage examples of "temperamental".
He had a reputation for being temperamental in the OR, but I had Dever seen him act that way on the floor.
Simon to erupt in temperamental rage, the very opposite of the love vibes he normally beamed at the Beatles.
He was editor, and he was completely within his rights to reject the story, and I was being pettily temperamental to be angry about it.
When the dogs are considered to be temperamentally and physically rehabilitated for return to civilian life, the Head Trainer and the Chief Veterinarian will submit a joint report on the temperamental and physical condition of each dog to the Commanding Officer in writing, with recommendations for final disposition, for transmittal to higher authority.
How on earth could a woman hope to hold her own against that kind of charisma, coupled with what looked like a shrewd understanding of both temperamental writers and women?
Harvey sofar forgetting himself at times as to let his voice rise in temperamental disagreement.
Generous to a fault of course, temperamental, no economising or any idea of the sort, always snapping at the bone for the shadow.
She was temperamental, even difficult at times, but no woman had captivated him, ensnared him as she had.
The temperamental telepaths had always to be handled carefully and Grimes did not wish to provoke the man into insubordination, with its inevitable consequences.
As a child she had often been the victim of his whims and moods and temperamental outbursts.
The word, in fact, characterises that artist whose temperamental preoccupation is with revelation of the actual interrelating spirit of life, character, and thought, with a view to enlighten himself and others.
At such moments she was relentless, she was temperamental, she wasn't taking calls, outside communications were filtered through the only two individuals who could or would dare to speak to her during production: her personal assistant, Elsie, a smaller, compacter, darker version of Freya who seemed instinctively to dislike everybody, and Rags, her husband, a spectral presence in leather pants and stainless steel glasses ("Nazi goggles," Freya called them), his large bony nose the subject of the usual jokes, the odious peat-bog aroma of his ever-present black cigarette enhancing the general aura of disquieting omniscience with which he distanced fans and followers.
I've been traveling for four days with two temperamental backseat drivers.
So how come you professional military types carry on like theyre the greatest thing since sliced bread if theyre so temperamental and unreliable?
So how come you professional military types carry on like they're the greatest thing since sliced bread if they're so temperamental and unreliable?