Temperament - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈtemprəmənt|
Brit.
|ˈtemp(ə)rəm(ə)nt|
noun
- your usual mood (syn: disposition)
- excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
- an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
- excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
- an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
Extra examples
The two women were opposite in temperament.
...looking for a dog with a sweet temperament...
Jill has such a lovely relaxed temperament.
Tolkien was, by temperament, a very different man from Lewis.
Like a poem, a genuine essay is made of language and character and mood and temperament and pluck and chance.
He strongly resembles his father in appearance and in temperament.
He is saturnine in temperament.
She has a gentle, yielding temperament.
He has allowed his temperament to upstage his talent.
Word forms
noun
singular: temperament
plural: temperaments
singular: temperament
plural: temperaments
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